如果换作我写这封信，我或许会用不同的措辞。If I had written the letter, I might have worded it differently.我让她原原本本地重复一下帕蒂的措辞。I asked her to repeat specifically the words that Patti had used.他说起话来合乎情理，措辞谨慎，而且说服力强。He spoke reasonably, carefully...
No sign of sail or of glinting oars could they discern.他们看不到船帆的影子,也看不到发光的船浆的影子.-- And then look inward, and discern the black reality of what they idolize?可是 我再向自己的内心一看, 却辨出了他们所崇拜的东西中丑陋的真相!But exactly where hippos sit on...
They have been listening to people's gripes, moans and praise.他们一直在倾听人们的牢骚、抱怨和表扬。Bus drivers and motorists made their gripes loud and clear.公共汽车司机和开车者高声出怨言.Bring all your gripes to the boss.你跟老板发牢骚去....