十八岁

A dreary interval which fresh-coloured young squires, or fat widowers of eight-and-forty might use to his disadvantage.

在这沉闷的间隔期里，脸色红润的年轻乡绅或四十八岁的鳏夫会利用这一个对他大为不利的机会。

Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes would not focus, so that he could not see.

那时厄里已是九十八岁的人，眼睛虽然瞪着，却什么也看不见？

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old; and his eyes were set, and he could not see.

4：15 那时以利九十八岁了，眼目发直，不能看见。

Around the age of eighteen, I realized that orienteering wasn't that difficult after all, and as my older siblings had already chosen to become orienteers, it was easy for me as a little sister to follow their footsteps.

大约在我十八岁的时候，我逐渐体会到定向越野其实没有那麼难，而且我的大哥大姐们，也都决定成为定向越野选手了，对我来说，身为一位小妹，能跟随著他们的脚步是比较容易的。

That influential artists 2, age is still hours 3, Please give my greetings to your parents 1, his parents made him very happy things 2, a lot of houses have been built to meet the needs of the people 3, Lincoln is considered one of America's greatest president 4, in the prompt at any time, he has published two novels of the 5, to his 18-year-old, I believe that he was the university examinations into the 6, and sometimes it is hard to refuse the invitation of a friend 7, can turn the radio tube smaller 8, many students shut themselves up in a room to learn 9, most of them have experienced the Second World War 10, many people patronize the Carnival 11, the number of students in this school the school in excess 12, I can not help but laugh with them 13, to hear the exciting news, I could not help but jumped up happy 14, who, as a wise leader will be remembered 15, this book belongs to you do 16, master a foreign language is very difficult to 17, I lived in a remote house, but it does not feel lonely 18, can you imagine JOHN do like fishing in the river 19, he was very hard to learn.

问题补充：后面的 1、他父母对他所作的事情很满意 2、已经建造了好多房子来满足人民的需要 3、林肯被认为是美国最伟大的总统之一 4、在提示随时，他已经出版了两本小说了 5、到他十八岁时，我相信他会考进那所大学 6、有时拒绝朋友的邀请真的很难 7、能不能把收音机管小一点 8、许多学生把自己关在房间里学习 9、他们中的大多数人经历过第二次世界大战 10、许多人光顾了嘉年华 11、这所学校的学生数多余那所学校 12、我忍不住和他们一起笑了 13、听到这令人兴奋的消息，我忍不住开心的跳了起来 14、他作为一位睿智的领导人将被永远铭记 15、这本书属于你吗 16、掌握一门外语是很难的 17、我一人住在偏僻的房子里，但并不感到孤单 18、你能想像JOHN在河边钓鱼的样子吗 19、他很努力学习。

Now approaching his eighteenth birthday, Dumbledore left Hogwarts in a blaze of glory --- Head Boy, Prefect, Winner of the Barnabus Finkley Prize for Exceptional Spell-Casting, British Youth Representative to the Wizengamot, Gold Medal-Winner for Ground-Breaking Contribution to the International Alchemical Conference in Cairo.

参考网译：眼看就要到他十八岁的生日了，邓布利多带着一系列令人瞠目的光辉荣耀离开了霍格沃茨——全优的学习成绩，学生会主席，巴纳巴斯芬克利特殊贡献奖得主，驻威森加摩的英国青年魔法师代表，在开罗举行的国际炼金术会议上被授予的开拓性贡献奖金奖等等。

I am now seventy-eight years old, and have seen so many, many things during my lifetime.

我现在七十八岁了，一生看过许许多多纷纷扰扰的事情。

You cannot expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only eighteen and as green as grass.

你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意，她只有十八岁，还一无经验。

You can not expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only eighteen and as green as grass.

你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意，她只有十八岁，还毫无经验。

You cannot expect Mary to do business with such people. She is only eighteen and as green as grass.

你不能指望玛丽同这样的人做生意，她只有十八岁，还毫无经验。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。