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Unit 1
1. Nature had endowed the
rest of the human race with a sixth sense and left
me out.
英释：
2. You could hear the wind, trapped in
his chest and struggling with all the unnatural
impediments.
His body would reel with
shock and his face go white at the unaccustomed
visitation. He would
stagger back to
his desk and collapse there, useless for the rest
of the morning.
英释：
You could
hear that the fresh air had to struggle with
difficulty to find its way to his chest,
because he was unaccustomed to this as
his lungs had been harmed by drinking. His body
would
lose balance and his face would
become pale as a result of the unexpected visit of
the wind. He
would go back to his desk
unsteadily and fall into the chair, unable to do
anything for the rest of
the morning.
3. In this instance, he seemed to me
ruled not by thought but by an invisible and
irresistible spring
in the neck.
英释
:Mr.
Houghton’
s
deeds
told
me
that
he
was
not
ruled
by
thought,
instead,
he would
feel
a
strong
urge to turn his head and look at the girls.
4. Technically, it is about as
proficient as most
businessmen
’
s golf, as
honest as most politicians
’
intentions, or as coherent as most
books that get written.
英释：
Technically speaking, it
is as skillful as most
businessmen
’
s golf playing,
as honest as most
politicians
’
purpose, and as consistent as most
books
’
content.
5.
They
have
immense
solidarity.
We
had
better
respect
them,
for
we
are
outnumbered
and
surrounded.
英释：
As
they are everywhere and so daunting in number that
we
’
d better not offend them.
6. Man enjoys agreement as cows will
graze all the same way on the side of a hill.
英释：
Humans
enjoy
following
the
crowd
as
it
can
bring
them
peace,
security,
comfort
and
harmony, which is like cows eating
grass on the same side of a hill.
7. To
hear our Prime Minister talk about the great
benefit we conferred on India by jailing people
like
Nehru
and
Gandhi.
To
hear
American
politicians
talk
about
peace
and
refuse
to
join
the
League
of Nations. Yes, there were moments of delight.
英释：
Our Prime Minister was a
hypocrite to say that the imprisonment of the two
major leaders of
Free-India
Movement
—
Nehru and
Gandhi
—
was good for India.
The American politicians were
dissimulators to talk about peace but
refuse to join the League of Nations. Those
moments made
me feel happy.
8. I slid my arm around her waist and
murmured that if we were counting heads, the
Buddhists
were
the
boys
for
my
money.
She
fled.
The
combination
of
my
arm
and
those
countless
Buddhists was too
much for her.
英释：
I
slid
my
arm
around
her
waist
and
whispered
that
if
we
were
talking
about
number
of
people who believed in a certain
religion, I believed the Buddhists were greater in
number. My
“
indecent
< br>”
behavior and the daunting number
of the Buddhists scared her away.
9. It
was Ruth all over again. I had some very good
friends who stood by me, and still do. But my
acquaintances vanished, taking the
girls with them.
英释：
What had
happened to Ruth and me now happened again.
Although some close friends of
mine
still stuck by me, my grade-one thinking scared
away many of my acquaintances.
Unit 2
1.
Bella was the boarding-house lovely,
but no one had taken advantage of the fact.