短篇小说 | The Sphinx

2020年2月24日

DURING the dread reign of the Cholera in New York, I had accepted the invitation of a relative to spend a fortnight with him in the retirement of his _cottage ornee_ on the banks of the Hudson.

容易误译的英语 | brown study

2020年2月24日

[例句] Booker sat there in a brown study and didn't notice you talking to him.
[误译] 布克坐在那里研究褐色问题而没有注意到你跟他说话。

短篇小说 | Ripe Figs

2020年2月24日

Maman-Nainaine said that when the figs were ripe Babette might go to visit her cousins down on Bayou-Boeuf, where the sugar cane grows.