短篇小说 | The Making of a New Yorker

2020年6月26日

Besides many other things, Raggles was a poet. He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher, an artist, a traveller, a naturalist and a discoverer.

短篇小说 | The Lotus And The Bottle

2020年6月24日

Willard Greddie, consul for the United States in Coralio, was working leisurely on his yearly report. Goodwin, who had strolled in as he did daily for a smoke on the much coveted porch, had found him so absorbed in his work that he departed after roundly abusing the consul for his lack of hospitality.

短篇小说 | The Lost Blend

2020年6月23日

Since the bar has been blessed by the clergy, and cocktails open the dinners of the elect, one may speak of the saloon.

容易误译的英语 | DCM

2020年6月23日

[例句] The general manager gave Wilber the DCM.
[误译] 总经理授予威尔伯特等军功章。