1. That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which she always served with special pride.
    那晚她原打算说说自己的拿手菜——梅干菜炖肉，她总是特别得意地把这个菜端上桌的。

2. The mornings are probably the worst — waking up with the shock, for the first two weeks, thinking, "I'm late!"
    早晨很可能是最糟的--在开始的两个星期里，你会被惊醒, 脑子里还在想: "我迟到了！"

3. The dull ache in your lower stomach reminds you: late for nothing.
    胃下部的隐痛在提醒你：已没有什么让你去为之迟到的了。

4. The night before I left for China, my mother called me into her room.
    我去中国的前夜，妈妈把我叫进了她的房间。

5. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son through most of the night.
    弥留之际的老人则什么也没说，只是在那一夜大部分的时间里紧紧握着儿子的手。

6. Tomintoul, Scotland — On Saturday night at The Grouse's Nest, they're still willing to raise a glass or two to “Lord Williams” , though now his title prompts laughter.
    苏格兰托明陶尔——周六晚，在"牢骚酒吧"，村民依旧乐意向"威廉斯勋爵"祝酒，尽管这个头衔现在只能引来阵阵笑声。

7. That night she went and sat alone upon a bench that stood beneath an oak tree at the edge of the walk.
    那晚她独自一人坐在路边橡树下的长凳上，

8. 6 p.m. The movers finally arrive. I call Max. He's fit to be tied. I point out they're only 10 hours late. Max is not humored.
    下午六点。搬运工终于来了。我再给马克斯打电话。他气得要命。我告诉他搬运工只迟到了十个小时。他却仍然很生气。

9. No,I played poker all night.
    不,我整夜玩牌.

10. Night after night, in the hot summer and early fall of 1940, a deep, steady voice came over the Atlantic Ocean from England to America, telling of England's battle for survival under the waves of German bombers.
    在1940年的炎夏和早秋的一个个夜晚，有一个深沉而平稳的声音飞越大西洋，从英国传到美国，讲述着英国在德国轰炸机轮番进攻下为生存而进行的战斗。