难句

难句

Unit 8

1.

They

spoke

to

each

other

rarely

in

their

incomprehensible

tongue,

but

always

with

a

courteous

smile

and

often with a small bow.

他们相互间交谈甚少；即使开了口也听不懂他们在说什么；但 他们相互间一直谦恭有理，面带微笑，

还时不时地微微点头示意着。

2. She had thin blonde hair and her face was pretty and petite in a Regency way, oval like a miniature, though

she had a harsh way of speaking

—

perhaps the accent of the school, Roedean or Cheltenham Ladies

’

College,

which she had not long ago left.

她长着纤细的淡黄色头发

,

漂亮的鹅蛋脸小巧玲珑

,

颇符合摄政时期的风范

,

又像一帧袖 珍肖像

,

不过

她说起话来却粗声粗气< /p>

—

也许

,

这是她刚刚离开的母校的腔调

,

譬如说罗迪恩或切尔特南女子学院。

girl

’

s fianc

é

resembled her physically. I could see them as two miniatures hanging side by side on white

wood panels. He should have been a young officer in Nelson

’

s navy in the days when a certain weakness and

sensitivity were no bar to promotion.

我简直可以想象他们是两幅并 排挂在白色护壁板上的袖珍肖像。

他真该在纳尔逊手下当一名年轻军官

< br>;

那年头

,

某种文弱善感的特点 是不妨碍升官晋级的。

Unit9

of the most startling surprises for many Americans when they first arrive in Britain is the discovery that

their mother tongue, which has been serving them faithfully all these years, is suddenly not up to dealing with

the intricacies of the English language as practiced in the British Isles.

对于第一次到英国的许多美国人而言，

最让他们惊讶的事情之一就是发生在他们尽心使用了多年的母语

语言上的变化。面对在大不列颠岛上使用的英国语言的纷繁复杂，他们却突然变得难以应对。

is an unsettling experience to arrive in the UK and find oneself uttering vocal noises

—

speech is probably

too

strong

a

word

for

it

—

that

are

received

nearly

everywhere

as

at

best

quaint

and

imprecise,

at

worst

as

misleading and noisy.