正文开头的文字让我们颇为担心。The first words of the text filled us with misgiving.我们略掉了我们认为对正文不甚紧要的脚注。We have omitted footnotes which we judged inessential to the text.他答应亲自编辑正文的内容。He undertook to edit the text himself....
They have no wish for any change in the status quo.他们不想改变现状。Who could wish for a better opportunity?谁还会企求能得到比这更好的机会呢？We are apt to wish for what we can't have.我们往往会祈求得不到的东西....
Our fathers handed down these customs to us.我们的父辈把这些习俗传给了我们。The Greek philosophers and early Christian Fathers boxed the compass once for all.希腊哲学家和早期的神父早已一劳永逸地为后人指明了方向....absent fathers who fail to pay towards the costs...
The accordion music in the film isn't very beautiful.这部影片中的手风琴音乐不是很好.The accordion music reminds me of my boyhood.这手风琴的乐声让我回忆起了我的少年时代.Somewhere it played ; he could hear it, an old accordion.他能听见在某个地方有手风琴正在奏这支舞曲....