'Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers.' a doctor said.

“猫就像训练有素的跳伞队员，” 一位医生说。

Instead he bought himself fifty pence worth of trouble.

却拿这钱给自己买了50便士的麻烦。

On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat -- the normally accepted practice in many northern countries.

另一方面，你一想到动物油炸土豆就会反胃，但这在北方许多国家却是一种普通的烹任方法。

I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.

在回到船上之前，我一直为我的绝妙的讨价还价而洋洋得意。

It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty.

我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。

For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.

在令人忐忑不安的瞬间，盘子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。