例句十八

　　1、She is known to be the prettiest girl in the village

　　大家都知道她是村里最漂亮的姑娘。

　　2、He earns less money than his wife.

　　他挣的钱不如她妻子的多。

　　3、The richer a man is, the greedier he gets.

　　人越富有越是贪婪。

　　4、Strange as it may sound, it is true.

　　这听起来虽然令人觉得奇怪，却是千真万确的。

　　5、Though he might make every effort, he could not succeed.

　　虽然他会尽一切努力，但他不可能成功。

　　6、This will liberate him from economic worry.

　　这将解除他经济上的顾虑。

　　7、He was not such a fool as to believe that.

　　他不是傻子，他不会相信那种事。

　　8、He knew himself to have been cheated.

　　他知道自己受骗了。

　　9、He killed two birds with one stone by doing so.

　　他这样做真是一箭双雕。

　　10、Who let the air out of my tires?

　　谁把我轮胎里的气放掉了？

　　迷彩文十八 闲谈

　　吉米：She is known to be the prettiest girl in the village.

　　汤姆：她现在已经是比尔的妻子了。她真是能干，比尔差远了。

　　He earns less money than his wife.

　　他天天忙着挣钱，好超过他的妻子。

　　吉米：The richer a man is, the greedier he gets.他正忙着贷款建娱乐城。Strange as it may sound, it is true.乡巴佬建娱乐城！

　　Though he might make every effort, he could not succeed.

　　他贷不到款的。

　　汤姆：贷款？This will liberate him from economic worry.

　　但贷款容易吗？

　　吉米：一个骗子说能贷到款，让比尔先交十万回扣，他真交了。

　　汤姆：He was not such a fool as to believe that.

　　吉米：He knew himself to have been cheated.

　　那个骗子是他的生意场上的竞争对手指使的。

　　He killed two birds with one stone by doing so.既挤垮对手，又骗一笔钱。

　　汤姆：骗子太多了，不过这与我没关系，我要走了。咦？Who let the air out of my tires?