51. | I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere. |
| 我想一定是什么地方拐错了弯儿。
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52. | As they grow old, people also accumulate belongings for two other reasons, lack of physical and mental energy, both of which are essential in turning out and throwing away, and sentiment. |
| 人们年老之后也喜欢收藏东西,不过是出于两个不同的原因:一是体力,精力均告不佳,这二者是清除无用的东西必不可少的因素;另一原因是感情因素。
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53. | On turning eagerly to the text, one learns that the lady was a typist who found the sound of office typewriters worried her more and more until eventually she had to go into a mental hospital. |
| 当人们急切地看完正文后,便知道这女子是个打字员,办公室打字机的声音使她越来越烦,最终住进了精神病医院。这类奇闻的疑难之处是无法区别因果关系。
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54. | It is a strange thought, but I believe a correct one, that twenty or thirty pages of ideas and information would be capable of turning the present-day world upside down, or even destroying it. |
| 我常常试图想像这些纸上所写的东西,不过我是做不到的,因为我和你们大家一样,是当今世界上的凡人。
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55. | She lay down and, turning her face to the wall, passed away. |
| 她躺下,把脸转向墙壁,便溘然长逝了。
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56. | Turning around(=When she turned around), she saw an ambulance driving up. |
| 她转过神,看见一辆救护车开了过来。
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57. | The engineer accelerated the train by turning on more power. |
| 火车司机通过增加动力使列车加快速度。
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58. | Thee maids were turning out the drawing room. |
| 3个女佣在打扫客厅。
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59. | The steam can generate electricity by turning an electric generator. |
| 蒸汽能推动发电机发电。
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60. | It is sheer folly turning night into day as you are doing. |
| 像你这样日不做,夜摸索,真是愚蠢之极。
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