Modern English 洋话连篇（七）

1. If you don't work, you will fail to pass the exam.

　　如果你不学习，你考试就会不及格。

　　2. I'm thinking of hanging the lamp from the ceiling.

　　我打算把灯吊在天花板上。

　　3. It is more important to be healthy than bony slim.

　　健康永远比皮包骨头好。

　　4. Long ago, people believed that the world was flat.

　　很久以前人们相信地球是平的。

　　5. They misplaced this book under other categories.

　　他们把它错放到另一个类别去了。

　　6. They played a shameful¹ part in the whole affair.

　　他们在这一事件中扮演了可耻的角色。

　　7. As a matter of fact, he was pretending to be ill.

　　实际上，他是在装病。

　　8. I will speak against anything I know to be wrong.

　　我会对所有我认为不对的事情直言不讳。

　　9. Could you tell me what the maximum weight allowance² is?

　　您能告诉我行李的最大重量限额是多少吗?

　　10. He came out of the library, a large book under his arm.

　　他夹着本厚书，走出了图书馆。

1 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

2 allowance   

n.津贴，补贴，零用钱

参考例句：

• My monthly allowance is 50 yuan.我每月的津贴是50元。
• I have to work to earn my allowance.我非得工作挣零用钱。