When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.

艾尔弗结婚时，感到非常难为情，而没有将自己的职业告诉妻子。

it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.

但它的结构简单，造型优美，实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。

but one day, after heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants.

后来有一天，一场大雨后，我在花园里漫无目的散步，突然注意到许许多多蜗牛在我的一些心爱的花木上慢悠悠的蠕动着。

But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.

而对不太装腔作势的古玩店，无论是谁都不用壮着胆子才敢往里进。

I reflected that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service.

我想除我之外，想利用快车之便的也一定大有人在。

It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it.

那台割草机去年夏天就坏了，尽管我答应修，但一直没抽出时间，