1.(not )in any way=in no way 一点也不

  e.g. We can not in any way allow this to continue. 我们无论如何也不能允许这种情况继续下去。

2.at least       至少

  e.g. You should at least have warned her. 你至少也应该警告她。

3.at present       现在，此刻

  e.g. We don’t need any more at present. 我们现在不需要更多的了。

4.(be or work )on committees       任委员会委员

  e.g. Jim’s Dad is on the factory strike committee. 吉姆的爸爸是工厂罢工委员会的委员。

5.on the right-hand side of    在…的右手一侧

  e.g. There’s a bank just on the right-hand side of the restaurant. 在饭店右手边就有一家银行。

6.in a few seconds   几秒钟的功夫（过了几秒钟）

  e.g. I shall be ready in a few seconds. 几秒钟内我即将准备妥当。

7.hit the officer in the face向军官脸上击了一拳

  e.g. The runaway hit the officer in the face so that he could escape. 逃跑者向军官脸上击了一拳以便能逃脱。

8.by chance       偶然

  e.g. I met him by chance on Fifth Avenue. 我在第五大街上偶然遇见了他。

9.make a noise       发出响声

  e.g. He was careful not to make a noise when he went downstairs. 他下楼梯时小心翼翼不发出响声。

10.be on one’s feet       站了起来

  e.g. No sooner had the question been put than he was on his feet to reply. 问题一被提出来他就站起来回答。

Translation of some difficult sentences from the text

1.       Her leg was troubling her badly, and she sat down with satisfaction.

她的那条腿疼得不行，她如释重负地坐下来。

2.       Once she had been of some importance in the world. She had worked on committees.

她也曾有过显赫的时候。是某个委员会的成员。

Be + of + Noun:

通常在句子中作表语，其功能与形容词相同。这种结构比较正式，一般在正式文本中使用。名词前可以用形容词修饰，但不加冠词。必须指出，用在此结构中的名词一般都为抽象名词：

e.g. This matter is of great importance. (=This matter is greatly important.)

这件事情至关重要。

3.       The back of a policeman’s coat is a dull view; but it was too much trouble to move.

警察制服的后背没什么好看的，可是要移动一下又太费事了。

4.       By chance more than by arrangement it went between the knees of those wonderful legs, and he fell heavily to the ground with a loud cry.

没想到那根拐杖正好卡在那双健美的长腿的两个膝盖之间，他大叫一声重重地摔倒在地上。

5.       She never believed that sitting there improved her health in any way; but Dr. Lund had said that she must be out of her flat, and in the open air, for at least two hours every day.

她从不相信坐在那里能改善健康状况。但伦德医生认为她必须走出公寓，每天至少在室外呆上两个小时。

6.       “Well, with this leg, I can’t walk for two hours a day”, she had replied sharply;…

她反讥道：“唉！我怎能用这条腿一天走两小时呀。”

7.       Her own days were long and dull, and time passed slowly for her.

她的日子却是那么漫长和单调，对她来说，时间总是过得很慢。

8.       She pulled her coat more closely round her shoulders. The day was cold, and her coat was getting thin; but she was glad enough to have a coat of any kind.

她把身上的大衣裹得更紧了。天气很冷，她的大衣显得单薄了。但是，对她来讲，不论有件什么样的大衣，她都会感到心满意足。

9.       In a few moments the usual stream of men and women was rushing through the gate.

不一会儿，象往常一样，由男男女女汇成的人流向出口涌去。

10.   The other people there were so surprised by these events that they stood still with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

在场的其他人被这场面惊呆了，一动不动地站在那儿，满脸疑惑。

11.   Mrs. Frobisher’s admiration of the young man changed to anger.

弗罗比舍太太对这个年轻人的羡慕转变为愤怒。