这是70年代中期的一个老故事的再现。
让我用一个老故事来说明我指的是什么吧。
新闻中提到的一个老方法是让夜班工人小睡一会儿。
One old solution back in the news is allowing night workers to nap.
我有一个老阿姨,她以前特别生气的时候会往别人身上泼茶。
I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated.
如果我们知道一个老顾客会给不少小费,那么我们就要确保他得到良好的服务。
If we know a regular customer is a good tipper, then we make sure he gets good service.
有一天,一个老巫师路过村庄,看到利奥正被欺负。
One day, an old wizard went by the village and saw Leo being bullied.
在这些囚犯中有一个老律师——一个有坚强的神色和一副无所畏惧的态度的人。
Among these prisoners was an old lawyer--a man with a strong face and a dauntless mien.
有一个老猎人住在那座小山村。
她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.
7月30日是一个老船长最后一次远航。
一天,一个老乞丐来到一个熟悉的村子里。
他们会面对一个老对手。
你真不识好歹!一个老笑着的女人有多好!
今天,我要向一个老对手——微软脱帽致意。
唉,这让我想起一个老笑话。
就像一个老文书说过的,新闻业是个麻烦的老行业。
Journalism, as a veteran scribe once put it, is a rough old trade.
然而在过去几十年里,一系列研究质疑了这一个老观点。
Over the past few decades, however, a series of studies has called these stereotypes into question.
我嫁了一个老男人啊!我希望他也是这么想的。
但我们一再回到一个老问题上来:真的会有更好的时机吗?
Yet we kept coming back to the same question: Will there ever be a better time?
他有婚外情,是一个老烟枪,每天喝8到10杯的马丁尼。
Moreover, he has had an affair with another woman outside the family and is a heavy smoker who also drinks 8 to 10 cups of martini.
尽管聪明(智商116),但是他却是一个老发脾气的后进生。
While intelligent (with an I.Q. of 116), he was an underachiever who was quick to lose his temper.
他坐在那,像一个老圣人,脸上没有一丝皱纹,而我们是孩子。
He seemed a wise old man sitting there, not a line on his face, and we the children.
和一个老男人维持关系是另一种性质的,这也许可以挽救你的婚姻。
As a relationship with an older lover is of different nature, it can complement your marital relationship and can even save it.
一个新员工可能是“G-1”级,而一个老员工可能就是“G-13”级。
A new employee might be a “G-1”, and an older employee might be a “G-13”.
我对死亡的态度,正好与关于琼斯修女的一个老笑话中的一个妙语不谋而合。
My attitude toward death was captured by the punch line in an old joke about Sister Jones, the most devout woman in her church.
第二天,星期五,又有一个老矿工来访,他听了信后,也流下眼泪。
The next day, Friday, another old miner came to visit. He asked to hear the letter.
就如一个老笑话所说的:“上帝和拉里·埃尔森之间有什么区别?”
As the old joke goes: "What's the difference between God and Larry Ellison? God doesn't think he's Larry Ellison."
小时候,我有一个老邻居叫吉布斯医生,他不像我所认识的任何一个医生那样。
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Dr.Gibbs.
以前在美国有一个老笑话,说不管人们需不需要,他们至少每个礼拜该洗一次澡。
There used to be an old joke in America that people should take a bath once a week, whether they need one or not.
以前在美国有一个老笑话,说不管人们需不需要,他们至少每个礼拜该洗一次澡。
There used to be an old joke in America that people should take a bath once a week, whether they need one or not.
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