He sent the journalist two more faxes, but received no reply.

他给记者先后发去两份传真，但对方毫无反应。

Oddly shaped forms that are suspended form the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.

人们所熟悉的是悬挂在天花板上、造型奇特、随风飘荡的雕塑品。

It is all very well for such things to occur in fiction.

这种事发生在小说中是无可非议的。

My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person.

我的老朋友弗兰克。哈利戴正是这样一个人。

It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties.

这并不是说布鲁斯总是低估困难，

When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.

倾倒、焚烧、把垃圾变成再生材料或试图少产生一些垃圾。