又一年

A toplofty waiter guided them to a table at which two other people already sat, an elderly man in what she was to learn to call " evening dress" and a woman of about forty whose gown and jewels were superb.

一个傲慢的侍者把他们领到一张桌前。已经有两个人在这里坐下了。一位是身穿着她称之为'夜礼服'的男性长者，另一位则是年约四十，衣着华丽又佩戴着名贵珠宝首饰的女士。

And then it struck me: It was 17 years ago that I first met my friends and sat across from then with cups of coffee and books in smoky caf s and dim-lit libraries. 17 years: Where in the world has the time gone?

然后我一下子就震住了：我第一次遇到这帮朋友，和他们一起，坐在烟雾漫漫、灯光又暗的咖啡馆里，一杯接着一杯地喝着咖啡，啃着书本，居然已经是17年前的事情了。17年呐：时间都跑到哪里去了？

Another one thousand years passed. One day, a gale came and blew a drop of dew to the net of the spider.

又过了一千年，有一天，刮起了大风，风将一滴甘露吹到了蜘蛛网上。

Ol Ximenez Vargas," she begins, spinning a fascinating yarn of 1960 New York involving a Greek Orthodox priest particularly friendly with dancers, a Lebanese-Greek nightclub owner with a heavy accent, the long standing phonetic confusion between ballet and belly, and the need for a job --"to eat.

ol Ximenez Vargas 里的Flamenco 舞蹈员，&他开始叙述1960年纽约的迷人故事，有关一位与舞蹈员非常友好，又有着重口音的黎巴嫩-希腊夜总会老板，一位传统希腊教士，一份工作，该工作长期被人在&ballet芭蕾&和&belly肚皮&的发音上混淆不清，属于急需&填饱肚子类型。

The most audacious one I know was brought back from America by the artist Edward Burne-Jones to show his friend Lady Homer of Mells. It read:' Instead of being arrested as we stated, for kicking his wife down a flight of stairs, and hurling a lighted kerosene lamp after her, the Revd. James P. Wellman died unmarried four years ago.

据我所知，最为厚颜的一次是艺术家爱德华·伯恩-琼斯从美国带回来，让他的友人麦尔斯庄园的洪纳夫人看的，曰：&詹姆士·维尔曼神甫没有像我们所述说的那样，因为将妻子一脚踹下了楼梯，随后又将一支点燃的煤油灯朝她掷去而被逮捕，而是于四年之前过世，从未婚娶。&

The most audacious one I know was brought back from America by the artist Edward Burne-Jones to show his friend Lady Horner of Mells. It read: 'Instead of being arrested as we stated, for kicking his wife down a flight of stairs, and hurling a lighted kerosene lamp after her, the Revd, James P.

据我所知，最为厚颜的一次是艺术家爱德华·伯恩－琼斯[15]从美国带回来，让他的友人麦尔斯庄园[16]的洪纳夫人[17]看的，曰：&詹姆士·维尔曼神甫没有像我们所述说的那样，因为将妻子一脚踹下了楼梯，随后又将一支点燃的煤油灯朝她掷去而被逮捕，而是于四年之前过世，从未婚娶。&

Reporting from San Antonio -- Derek Fisher and the San Antonio Spurs, forever linked by the "0.4" shot that ricocheted around Texas back in 2004, intertwined yet another time, though this was less favorable for the Lakers.

圣安东尼奥发回的报道：人们一提到费舍尔和圣安东尼奥马刺队，总会联想到2004年的0.4秒绝杀，这一次又打到了难解难分的最后关头，不过这一次却是湖人失利。

In 1981, a slightly modified BMW R 80 G/S with 50 hp carries Frenchman Hubert Auriol to victory in the Paris-Dakar Rally, the tough est - and most prestigious - motorcycle race in the world.

1981年，一辆稍加改进的BMW R 80 G/S摩托车驮着法国人胡伯特·奥里欧获得了巴黎一达卡拉力赛这一世界上最困难又最著名的摩托车赛事的冠军。

In 1981, a slightly modified BMW R 80 G/S with 50 hp carries Frenchman Hubert Auriol to victory in the Paris-Dakar Rally, the toughest - and most prestigious - motorcycle race in the world.

1981年，一辆稍加改进的BMW R 80 G/S摩托车驮着法国人胡伯特·奥里欧获得了巴黎一达卡拉力赛这一世界上最困难又最著名的摩托车赛事的冠军。

In 1981, a sli g htly modified BMW R 80 G/S with 50 hp carries Frenchman Hubert Auriol to victory in the Paris-Dakar Rally, the tou g hest - and most presti g ious - motorcycle race in the world.

1981年，一辆稍加改进的BMW R 80 G/S摩托车驮着法国人胡伯特·奥里欧获得了巴黎一达卡拉力赛这一世界上最困难又最著名的摩托车赛事的冠军。

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。