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When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, it did not ring off the hook with calls from potential 13)backers.
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1876年,亚历山大·格雷厄姆·贝尔发明了电话,但并没有吸引投资商的眼光。 |
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When Alexander the Great was a general, one of the important woman goddesses was Athena. She stood for wisdom. Athena is the Queen of Spades.
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当伟大的亚利桑德拉还是将军时,雅典娜是一个重要的女神。她代表智慧。雅典娜是黑桃皇后。 |
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When Alice's widowed grandfather begins to open up about the months during the 1950s that he spent bombing Mau Mau insurgents hiding in Kenya's Aberdare mountains, Joseph's pent-up emotion boils over.
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当他说到自己曾轰炸隐藏在肯尼亚阿尔戴尔山区的茅茅叛军时,约瑟夫压抑已久的情绪终于暴发出来。 |
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When America's pre-eminent graduate school of politics starts honking it is time to admit that intelligence can no longer triumph over claptrap.
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当美国最出色的政治学研究生院学生也在学大雁叫的时候,我们是该承认,智力已经战胜不了噱头了。 |
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When American has dinner, they drink the soup first, and end up with fruit.
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美国人用餐时先喝汤,最后吃水果。 |
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When American shakes hands face to face visual other place is very antipathetic.
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美国人对握手时目视其它地方很反感。 |
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When Americans moved from one place to another, they took their dialects with them.
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当美国人从一个地方迁移到另一个地方时,他们也带去了他们的方言。 |
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When Americans rate their greatest president, they do not agree on who tops the list, but seem to rank a half-dozen chief executives ahead of the nation's first.
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美国人在评选最伟大的总统时,没有在第一名的人选上达成一致,却似乎把大约六位总统排在开国元首之前。 |
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When Americans tell a joke to the Chinese, the looks of puzzlement are simply golden.
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美国人向中国人讲笑话时,那种迷惑的表情真是堪称一绝。 |
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When Ananias heard this, he fell down and died. And great fear seized all who heard what had happened.
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5亚拿尼亚听见这话,就仆倒断了气。听见的人都甚惧怕。 |
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When Angie woke up from the nightmare, she pinched herself for the assuredness that she was still alive.
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安姬从恶梦中醒来时捏了自己一把以确信自己还活著。 |