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The seating in the area amounted to no more than a backless piece of plastic set upon benches, which meant fans and police were capable of moving up and down as if it were old-style terracing.

总的来说，这个区域的座椅比水泥台子上放块塑料好不到哪去，所以球迷和警察看起来就像是在过去的那种老式看台上蹿上跳下一样。

And here some indistinct recollections of the black though ingenious Cromwellian thief Sir William Petty and his double-bottomed vessel were driven clear out of his mind, for lashed to the starboard stem was a carving some six feet high, a very lively carving of three men: the first had the second standing on his shoulders and the second the third; and these three were connected by the huge penis which rose from the loins of the first, towering past the second to a point above the third man's head and held by all three as it mounted.

这时候，他再也不去回想那个聪敏的、克伦威尔式的黑人盗贼威廉。佩迪爵士了，也不去回想他模糊记得的、佩迪的双底大船了，这是因为，他看见了绑在右舷艏柱上六英尺长的非常生动的木雕，上面雕了三个男人：第二个男人站在第一个的肩头，第三个则站在第二个的肩头；而这三个男人被一根巨大的阴茎连接在一起，这根阴茎从第一个男人的腿间升起，越过第二个男人，一直升到第三个的头顶，三个人都扶着它。

What if her eyes were there, being in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shamethose stars, as daylight dose a lamp; her eyes in heaven would through the airy regionstream so bright that birds would sing and think it were not night.

她脸上的光辉会掩盖了星星的明亮，正像灯光在朝阳下黯然失色一样；在天上的她的眼睛，会在太空中大放光明，使鸟儿误认为黑夜已经过去而唱出它们的歌声。

The lady-birches waved in the wind; and when the sun shone, everything glittered and sparkled as if it were sprinkled with diamond dust, and great diamonds were lying on the snowy carpet.

夫人- birches挥舞着在风中；当太阳照耀着，一切都glittered和sparkled一如它洒钻石灰尘，大钻石被倒卧于雪域地毯。

I had a short jacket of goat-skin, the skirts coming down to about the middle of my thighs; and a pair of open-kneeed breeches of the same, the breeches were made of the skin of an old he-goat, whose hair hung down such a length on either side, that like pantaloons it reached to the middle of my legs; stockings and shoes I had none, but had made me a pair of some things, I scarce know what to call them, like buskins to flap over my legs, and lace on either side like spatter-dashes; but of a most barbarous shape, as indeed were all the rest of my clothes.

我上身穿着一件山羊皮短外衣，但衣襟遮住了一半大腿；下身穿着一条短裤，连双膝都没有盖上。短裤也是用同一张老公羊的皮做的，毛很长，几乎垂到小腿上，看上去像一条长裤。我没有鞋子和袜子，但做了一双像靴子之类东西，自己也不知道该叫什么，穿在脚上，小腿的两边再用绳子系起来，像打上了绑腿。这双靴子与我身上的其他装束一样，野蛮粗俗，实在难看。

I had a short Jacket of Goat-Skin, the Skirts coming down to about the middle of my Thighs; and a Pair of open-knee'd Breeches of the same, the Breeches were made of the Skin of an old He-goat, whose Hair hung down such a Length on either Side, that like Pantaloons it reach'd to the middle of my Legs; Stockings and Shoes I had none, but had made me a Pair of some-things, I scarce know what to call them, like Buskins to flap over my Legs, and lace on either Side like Spatter-dashes; but of a most barbarous Shape, as indeed were all the rest of my Cloaths.

我上身穿了一件山羊皮做的短外套，衣襟遮住了一半大腿。下身穿了一条齐膝短裤，也是用一只老公羊的皮做成的，两旁的羊毛一直垂到小腿上，看上去象条长裤。我没有鞋子，也没有袜子，但做了一双短靴似的东西，自己也不知道该叫什么，靴长刚及小腿，两边再用绳子系起来，好像绑腿一样。这双靴子与我身上的其他装束一样，极端拙劣难看。

" As if it were a Game 7 or GM Mitch Kupchak feigning ignorance of any offseason hullaballoo involving Kobe or Lamar Odom nodding toward Kwame Brown and predicting "he's going to be one of the best players in the NBA, all that was missing were Jack Nicholson, Chief and little paper cups with brightly colored meds.

罗尼·图里亚夫为布莱恩·库克的一个向上的起跳欢呼，就好象这是系列赛的第七场，或者是球队经理米奇·库普切克无视休赛期的嘈杂，包括科比或者是奥多姆对夸梅·布朗的表现给予肯定并预测说"他将成为NBA中最好的球员之一"。

I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me

我希望我的父亲或是我的母亲，不，我的双亲，因为他们两人同样地对此都有义务，当他们生我的时候，曾注意到他们所做的事

The amount of this extraordinary burden, and its distribution among the communities which were affected by it, were fixed by a special order of the Emperor, known as an indiction.

它的数额及向各地的摊派比例由皇帝的训令确定。

The lights of the Mariposa were growing dim in the distance, and there he was, swimming confidently, as though it were his intention to make for the nearest land a thousand miles or so away.

马里泊萨号的灯光在远处渐渐模糊，他却留在了这里。他自信地游着，仿佛是打算往最近也在千里以外的陆地游去。

In the negative and interrogative forms, of course, this is identical to the non-emphatic forms.

。但是，在否定句或疑问句里，这种带有"do"的方法表达的效果却没有什么强调的意思。

Go down on one's knees;kneel down

屈膝跪下。。。下跪祈祷