短篇小说 | A Harlem Tragedy
Mrs. Fink had dropped into Mrs. Cassidy's flat one flight below.
短篇小说 | An Egyptian Cigarette
MY friend, the Architect, who is something of a traveller, was showing us various curios which he had gathered during a visit to the Orient.
容易误译的英语 | bite the hand that feeds one
［例句］ Claire bit the hand that feeds her.
［误译］ 克莱尔咬伤了给她喂饭的那个人的手。
短篇小说 | Landor's Cottage
DURING A pedestrian trip last summer, through one or two of the river counties of New York, I found myself, as the day declined, somewhat embarrassed about the road I was pursuing.
短篇小说 | After Twenty Years
The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. The impressiveness was habitual and not for show, for spectators were few.
短篇小说 | A Morning Walk
Archibald had been up many hours. He had breakfasted, and now he was taking a morning stroll along the village street, which was little other than a high ledge cut into the mountain-side.
容易误译的英语 | birthday suit [clothes]
［例句］ The child was in his birthday suit and ran about the yard.
［误译］ 那个孩子穿着生日服装在院子里到处跑。
短篇小说 | King Pest
The gods do bear and will allow in kings The things which they abhor in rascal routes.
短篇小说 | A Fog in Santone
The drug clerk looks sharply at the white face half concealed by the high-turned overcoat collar.
短篇小说 | A Mental Suggestion
Graham looked up at the little winking stars and they looked down at him. He bowed in acknowledgement to the supremacy of the moving power which is love; which is life.
