(1) Hygeia herself would have fallen sick under such a regimen; and how much more this poor old nervous victim?
按照這樣的養生之道,別說這可憐的老太太了,就連健康女神哈奇亞*也會害病。
*哈奇亞是希臘神話中的健康女神。
(2) Big Ben is ringing the hour.大本鐘*在當當報時。
*倫敦英國議院塔上的大鐘。
(3) Pizza is my son's favorite American food.比薩餅是我兒子最喜歡的美國食品。
(4) New York was never Mecca to me.紐約從不是我心中的圣地麥加。
(5) Like a son of Bachus, he can drink up two bottles of whisky at a breath.
他簡直像酒神巴赫斯的兒子,能一口氣喝光兩瓶威士忌。
*巴赫斯是古希臘神話中的酒神。
(6) Say you shoot a video that you think is particularly artsy. Beam it out and make a small fortune by charging an untold number of viewers a fee for watching. Peter Jennings would be obsolete.
(13) It is always inspiring to see a brave man fighting for a lost cause, and I never cease to admire the Jacobitish zeal with which year after year Mr. John Ervine carries on a guerrilla war-fare against the ever-increasing power of tobacco.