短篇小说 | Lionizing
I AM - that is to say I was - a great man; but I am neither the author of Junius nor the man in the mask; for my name, I believe, is Robert Jones, and I was born somewhere in the city of Fum-Fudge.
短篇小说 | A Little Local Colour
I mentioned to Rivington that I was in search of characteristic New York scenes and incidents -- some- thing typical, I told him, without necessarily having to spell the first syllable with an "i."
短篇小说 | An Idle Fellow
I am tired. At the end of these years I am very tired. I have been studying in books the languages of the living and those we call dead.
容易误译的英语 | bird's-eye view
［例句］ He has given me a bird's-eye view of their press.
［误译］ 他已把他们出版社（印制）的鸟眼图给了我。
短篇小说 | Ligeia
I Cannot, for my soul, remember how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the lady Ligeia. Long years have since elapsed, and my memory is feeble through much suffering.
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.
