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1 说来话长 It’s a long story. 2 他的名字我一时说不上来。I can’t recall his name at the present. 3 你连续三天没交作业，这可说不过去。You have failed to hand in your exercises three days in a row. This is really inexcusable. 4 他两岁就学会看表了。 He could tell time even when he was two. 5我能看出你在想什么。 I can read your mind. 6你要是觉得这东西还看得过去，就买下来吧。It you think it’s all right, then buy it. 7 那位司机听不懂我说的话。 That driver couldn’t understand me. 8 他懂礼貌。 He has good manners. 9 干部必须懂政策。 Cadres must have a good grasp of policies. 10那件大衣的面子很漂亮。The outer part of the coat is very beautiful. 11如果怕丢面子，就说不好英语。 If one is afraid of losing his dignity (face), he can’t expect to speak English well. 12不是我不买你的面子，实在是这事儿不好办。I’d be happy to defer to your wishes, but there’s really nothing I can do about it. 1 买大包装的吧，便宜多了。Buy the economy size. It’s a lot cheaper. 2 这是民国六年的冬天，大北风刮得正猛，我因为生计关系，不得不一早在路上走。 It happened during the winter of 1917. A bitter north wind was blowing out. To make a living, I had to be up and out early. 1 他便变了脸，铁一般的青。 His complexion changed, and he grew ghastly pale. 2 她脸色突然变成灰黄，死了似的。All of a sudden, her face turned ashy pale, and she looked like a corpse. 3 我们不得不零零星星地偿付。We have to pay in dribs and drabs. 4 那条小径曲曲折折通向山顶。The path zigzags up the hill. 5.湖色越来越远：farther still, the lake water seems darker, changing from silver white near at hand, through light blue, deep blue finally to dark green, all being very distinctive. 6 三十几个人，三三五五，各自在爱去的地方蹓跶。Thirty-odd of us, in group of threes and fives, strolled wherever we liked. 7.只见她是位身穿红衣的大嫂：I saw she was a woman in red clothes, with long ears and a thick chin. She was always smiling with narrowed eyes and looked quite kind. 8．The river water near the ship changes its color from yellow to iron blue in the middle of the river and to silver grey near the bank. Some small ships are puffing out coal smoke. At the end of the chimney it is black. In the shadow of the ship, the river is light blue, rice yellow and pale white, in the slanting sun ray, it is brown yellow. 10. 我眼睁睁地看过