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Pete would have preferred to be on good terms with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis.
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彼得何尝不想跟妻子和母亲都和睦相处呢，可是他试图讨得一方欢心而不致触怒另一方的努力就像在拉岩石礁和卡律布狄斯大旋涡之间行舟一样，真是左也不得，右也不行。 |
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Pete, can you loan me a thousand bucks?
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皮特，你能借我一千美元吗？ |
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Pete, one of these days we'll have to get you a crying towel!
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这个人对他的同事说：“皮特，总有一天，我们会去给你弄一条擦眼泪的毛巾。 |
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Pete: But, I also know, you can go skiing, and you can make snowman.
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彼得：但是，我也在想，你可以去滑雪，可以堆雪人。 |
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Pete: It probably reminds you of your high school.
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彼特：大概是让你想到你高中的时候吧。 |
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Pete: No problem, Ann Jossie. This puppet show will be fun.
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彼得：没什么，安琼西，这个木偶剧会很有趣。 |
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Pete: Why do you like summer?
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彼得：你为什么喜欢夏天？ |
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Peter :From the college careers adviser. I'm graduating this year and I've got to decide on a career.
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彼得：是大学就业辅导员给我的。我今年要毕业了,须选择自己的事业。 |
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Peter :They want me to go in for accountancy, because they think it will offer security and a good salary.
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彼得：他们想要我从事会计,认为工作稳定,薪水也很不错。 |
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Peter :Well, they have a point, but I'd rather go in for something a bit more interesting than fiddling around with figures all day.
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彼得：嗯,他们的确有道理,但我宁愿做些较有趣的工作,而不是整天埋头于无聊的数字堆中。 |
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Peter Agre, M.D, professor of biological chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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摘要美国约翰?霍普金斯大学生化教授彼得?埃格瑞博士，他被瑞典皇家科学院授予2003年诺贝尔化学奖，以承认他们的实验室在1991年发现的水通道。 |
