On a hot day many years ago my the-middle school daughter Emily, one of the most optimistic people I know, was paddling with me in a cardboard boat race.
数年前一个炎热的日子里，我那上中学的女儿艾米丽——我所认识的最乐观的人之一，和我一起参加划纸板船比赛。
One morning I looked out the window and saw four cats lined up at their food bowls, and right in the middle, eating cat food with gusto, was the chicken.
一天早晨，我朝窗外看去，只见四只小猫在它们的饭碗前排成一行，而在它们中间正津津有味地吃着猫食的，竟然是那只小鸡。
I heard one story about the son of a New York heiress who was snatched by his father and taken somewhere in the Middle East.
我听说过一个故事，一位纽约女继承人的前夫抢走了她的儿子，并把他藏在了中东某个地方。
Instead of entering middle age and letting himself be chained to earth, he has floated away like a wisp, annihilated on the brink of a 50-date concert tour that I for one was dreading.
没有让自己步入中年，让使自己现实起来，他反而是像一缕发丝般地飘走，在我一直担忧的50场音乐会即将来临之际，他被彻底地击溃了。
I'd cadged here, dabbled there, mainly at night, over a drink, until finally one day, I had to face facts: it was the middle of the afternoon, and I was gasping.
之前我总是东蹭一支，西尝一口，大多在晚上喝酒之际，终于有一天，我不得不面对现实：那是个下午，我喘不过气来。
When I was in middle school, I heard the English song Baby One More Time.
当我上初中的时候，我听到了一首英文歌曲叫《宝贝再爱我一次》。
But I had to learn it because of the exams, you know, it was one of the compulsory courses during the entire middle school for six years.
但是因为考试我必须要学好它，你知道，这是整个中学六年的一个必修课。
To the middle of the night 12-point time, I really was tired, went home to see no one is.
到了半夜12点的时候，我实在是累了，回到家里看还是没有人。
I often feel this when we are both sitting in the back seat of the truck. I wish one of us was sitting in the middle seat.
当我们都坐在一辆卡车的后座的时候，我总是感到我希望我们中的一个能坐在中间的座位上。
All of a sudden I was pushed into the middle of the dance floor and George got down on one knee and proposed to me.
突然我被人推到舞池中央和乔治单膝跪地向我求婚。
'I'm quite used to playing there from when I was young. It was nice to be in the middle again and I made two good passes to Hernan, one of which he scored from.
在我很小的时候我曾经打过那个位置，重新回到这个位置是一种很好的感觉，在那里我给克雷斯波传了两记好球，他打进了其中的一个。
In my middle school I had many good teachers, but Mr. Zhang was the one I particularly liked and respected.
在中学时我有许多好老师，但是张老师是我特别喜欢特别尊敬的。
I like to see movie so much, before I was in middle school, science fiction movie is my favorite movie, like Harry Potter, for which I read the books for not only one time.
我很喜欢看电影，在我上中学的时候，科幻电影是我最喜欢的电影，像《哈利·波特》，我读了不仅一次这本书。
Originally, I had an older version of this when I was in middle school (1997) and I really liked it then, but this new revised edition (2008) is the coolest one I have seen yet.
本来，我有这当我在中学(1997年)，我真的很喜欢它，然后，但是这个新修订版(2008年)是最酷的一个，我见过的旧版本。
One day, during my middle school, the affable woman teacher in charge of my class when I was in the elementary school came up to buy. I gave her a two Chinese cents discount.
记得那是在初中，我小学时的班主任，一个和蔼可亲的女老师来我的车上买臭豆腐，我还少收了她二分钱。
I spent my primary and middle school time in one of Chongqing's Younger Generation Schools. It was the place that I learnt some things I'd never seen or imagined.
我的中小学时光都在重庆众多子弟校中的一所度过，在那里，我学到了很多以前没有见过想象过的事。
"It's the first film I've done where I've suddenly felt I'm in the middle bracket," he said. "I was always one of the youngest ones, and now I'm not."
“这是我所拍摄的第一部让我突然感到自己已人到中年的电影，”他说，“我一直是那群最年轻的人中间的一个，但现在我不是了。”
One particular day, Tyler was talking while I was teaching. In the middle of teaching I said in the same tone of voice, "Tyler why don't you join our discussion instead of having one of your own."
有一天，我上课时泰勒说话，在教学过程中我用与教学同样的语气说：“泰勒，为什么不加入我们的讨论而自己一个人讨论呢？”
One particular day, Tyler was talking while I was teaching. In the middle of teaching I said in the same tone of voice, "Tyler why don't you join our discussion instead of having one of your own."
有一天，我上课时泰勒说话，在教学过程中我用与教学同样的语气说：“泰勒，为什么不加入我们的讨论而自己一个人讨论呢？”
应用推荐