英语文摘

The clerk was busy, but when he finished his work, he went to a big pile of letters and said, “What name, please?”
职员很忙，但是等他忙完，就走到一大堆信件前说：“请问是什么名字？”

Then he died suddenly, and people said, “His servant killed him, because they wanted his money.”
后来他突然死了，人们都说：“他的佣人杀死了他，因为他们想要他的钱。”

“Good afternoon, gentlemen. What can I get you?” the man behind the bar asked.
“下午好，两位先生。你们要点什么？”吧台后面那个人问道。

“Oh, no,” answered Bruce, “I’m going home.”
“哦，不是，”布鲁斯回答，“我在回家呢。”

“I’ve never fished in the sea before,” he thought. “It will be rather different from fishing in our river.”
“我以前从来没有在海里钓过鱼，”他心想。“这跟在我们的河里钓鱼会完全不同。”

Annie stopped crying, but did not answerfor a few seconds. Then she said, “I hit him on the head with it.”
安妮不再哭了，但是有几秒钟没有回答。然后她说：“我用它打他的头了。”

Without stopping, Mr Hermann answered, “All right, dear. How much is it?”
海尔曼没有停步，回答道：“好的，亲爱的。多少钱？”

Mick lived in the country, and he had quitea big garden. He grew vegetables, and he had some nice, fat chickens too. Hesold the eggs and the meat, and got quite a lot of money for them.
米克住在乡下，他有一个大园子。他种蔬菜，还养了一些又好又肥的鸡。他卖鸡蛋和肉，从中赚到许多钱。

Mr and Mrs Smith were singers, and they travelled a lot. Whenever they went by plane, people searched them and their luggage, of course.
史密斯夫妇是歌唱家，他们经常旅行。每次他们乘飞机旅行时，人们当然检查他们和他们的行李。