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At the time the murder was committed, I was travelling on the 8o’clock train to London.在凶杀发生的时候，我正坐在8点钟开往伦敦的火车。
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People will do anything to see a free show-----even if it is a bad one. 人们总想要想尽办法去看不花钱的演出---哪怕是拙劣的演出
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The people are free to choose who will govern them.人民有自由选举领导他们的人。
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The divers have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work. 潜水员曾在他们工作时被撞到他们身上的大鱼吓得惊慌失措。
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A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Roral Air Force Station earby.一个飞行员发现了一只气球，它像是正在飞往附近的一个皇家空军基地。
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The pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object. 命令那个飞行员跟踪那个奇怪的飞行物。
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I must make up for the time I lost this morning.我必须把上午损失的时间补上。
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Children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk.孩子们在还没有学会走路就已经能熟练地在水下屏住呼吸。
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The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.孩子们比赛看谁先到达游泳池的另一端。
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Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
他们是否将来能成为奥林匹克冠军，只能时间能作出回答。
11、Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping air.与此同时， 他们对我们中的那些游不了5码就已喘不过气来的人应该是种鼓舞。
12、He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state. 他面色苍白，衣服也搞得不成样子了。
13、University students set the Embassy on fire this morning. 大学学生们今天上午放火点着了大使馆。
14、A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. 日本每年过一次“亡灵节”。
15、Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way. 特制的灯笼挂在各家的门外，为的是帮助亡灵看清道路。
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It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。
17.Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another.我们教区的牧师总是为了各种各样的事筹资金。
18、One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start.
一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒。
19、The temple which the archaelolgists explored was used as a place of worship fromm the fifteen century B.C. until Roman times. 考古工作者考察这座庙从公元前15世纪直至罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。
20、They were amazed to find that the goodess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. 他们很吃惊地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。
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She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. 她穿着拖地长裙。
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These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices . 如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。
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Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. 许多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣，此乃人之常情。
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Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes go provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. 报刊杂志的编辑常常为了向读者提供成立一些无关紧要的事实和统计数字而走向极端。
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Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient ,for the magazine would soon go to press. 编辑等得不耐烦了，因为杂志马上就要付印。
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Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. 钻石项链，戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。
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One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue,but he was too busy heoping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. 其中的一个窃贼由于忙着抢钻石，竟连疼痛都顾不上了。
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Dogs , it seems ,love to chew up money. 狗似乎很喜欢咀嚼钱币。
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Cats never fail to fascinate human beings .猫总能引起人们的极大的兴趣。
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Cats can be friendly and affectionate towards humans ,but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. 猫可以对人们友好，充满柔情，但是它们又有自己神秘的生活方式。
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As a result， humans have learned to respect feline independence.
结果是人们已经学会尊重它们的独立性。
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Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. 大多数的猫，在它们一生中，都对人存在有戒心。
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A cat’s ability to survive falls is based on fact. 猫在跌落的时候能够大难不死是有事实作为依据的。
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It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves.看起来，猫跌落的距离越长，它们就越不会伤害自己。
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The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life. 然面这艘巨轮首航就下沉，造成大批人员死亡。人们将永远记着这艘巨轮的沉没的惨剧。
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Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. 我们许多人对于荒岛生活有一种不切实际的想法。
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We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines .我们有时候想像荒岛是阳光终日普照的天堂。
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Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures ,but few of us have had the opportunity to find out. 但很少有人能有机会去弄个究竟。
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She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before. 她头天晚上已把化装服做好，这时她急于想试试。
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They had to pay large sum of money to gangsters in return for ‘protection’.他们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取“保护”
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If the money was not paid promptly, the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop. 如果交款不及时，歹徒们就会很快捣毁他们的商店，让他破产。
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Children always appreciate small gifts of money.孩子们总是喜欢得到一些零花钱。
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Mum, or dad, of course, provide a regular supply of pocket money.父母当然经常会给孩子零花钱。
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With some children, small sums go a long way . 对于有些孩子来说，少量的钱可以花很长一段时间。
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If fifty pence pieces are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money boxes.如果50便士不换糖吃，则可以放在储蓄罐里叮当响上好几个月。
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It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black.不错， 他的确刚买了一只羔羊，但是他的羊是黑色的。
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He told his neighbour he had better return it or he would call the police. 他告诉他的邻居，最好把羊交还，否则就报警。
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The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives . 不无遗憾的是， 我们中的大部分的人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。
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Every family has a skelet in the cupboard . 家家有本难念的经。
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The reader’s hair stands on end .读者不禁毛骨悚然。
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The sudden movement of the door made the skeleton sway slightly and it gave me the impression that it was about to leap out at me. 由于柜门突然打开，那个骷髅也随之轻微摇晃起来，让我觉得它好像马上要跳出来柜门朝我扑过来似的。
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The ship stands on dry land and visited by thousands of people each year. 这艘船停在陆地上，每年接待成千上万的参观者。
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She serves as an impressive reminder of the great ships of the past. 它给人们留下深刻的印象，使人们回忆起历史上巨型帆船。
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It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era. 它标志着帆船伟大传统的结局与一个新纪元的开始。
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No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. 没有什么人能够避免受广告的影响。
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Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want. 尽管我们可以自夸自己的鉴赏力如何敏锐，但我们已经无法独立自主地选购自己所需的东西了。
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Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to capture the attention of millions of people in this way. 电台，电视使做广告的人可以用这种手段吸引成百万人的注意力。
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In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge. 根据这种说法，教师靠卖知识为生。
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In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity . 在追求独立自主的同时，他们并不牺牲为人的尊严。
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Tramps are free from the thousands of anxieties which afflict other people. 流浪汉不像有些人那样被成千上万桩愁事所折磨。
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He laughs best, who laughts last. 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
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Speech is silver, but silence is golden. 雄辩是银，沉默是金。
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Look before you leap . 三思而后行。
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Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. 如意算盘不要打得过早。
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Whether we fine a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up .我觉得一则笑话是否好笑，很大程度上取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。
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The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real. 那个人竭力想证明那个钻石是真的。
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The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. 幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
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We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. 我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子。
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What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. 许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题。
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A novelist will bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences.
小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合。