He made his living by a mixture of tutoring and journalism.他靠教书与从事新闻工作谋生。The old man was tutoring her in the stringed instruments.那个老人在教她弹弦乐器。" Are you still tutoring the Wang family children?“ 剑云,你近来还在王家教书 吗 ?...
The Tel, an artificial mountain, entombs Jericho's ancient past.泰勒山作为一座人造山掩藏着杰里科过去古老的历史。I called in from my body shop, and Jericho made me sound like a schmuck.我从我的车身修理厂打来的, 耶利哥在我听来就是个蠢货.Up to the walls of Jericho h...
His beeper sounded and he picked up the telephone.他的寻呼机响了，于是他拿起了电话。I sometimes beep her on her beeper. We're really lucky.也可以呼她的BP机. 我们真的很幸运.It was 11 o'clock when the beeper went off.11点时,蜂鸣器声音没了....
Swimming was one of her greatest satisfactions.游泳是她最大的乐趣之一.I would have given up all those intangibles, those inner satisfactions that money can never buy.我可能放弃了一切无形的东西, 放弃了精神上的种种需求,那是金钱永远买不来的.But with all these difficul...
Wine and food of superlative quality are available everywhere at giveaway prices.随处都能买到价格低廉而质量上乘的酒和食品。The only giveaway was the look of amusement in her eyes.唯独她俏皮的眼神使事情露馅儿了。His fingerprints were the [ a dead ] giveaway....
He drank too much and is paying dearly for it.他现在正为酗酒付出沉重的代价。He drank thirstily from the pool under the rock.他饥渴地喝着岩石下水潭中的水。I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel.我喝了杯有股柴油味的茶。...
路易斯·阿姆斯特朗把爵士乐简明扼要地定义为“我一门糊口的手艺”。Louis Armstrong defined jazz pithily as "what I play for a living".他靠摆摊勉强糊口。He ekes out a living with a market stall.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口.He took barely enough money to keep the children in bre...