'No', I answered confidently.

“没有。”我自信地回答说。

In spite of this, some people -- including myself -- were surprise by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture.

尽管如此，最近举办的一次现代雕塑展览还是使一些人（包括我在内）大吃了一惊。

You forget that I was a medical student once upon a time.'

你忘了我以前是学医的了。”

It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.

好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。

No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.

他认为不管路面情况如何，车必须以最高速度前进。

For one agonizing moment, the dish was perched precariously on the bank of the canal, but it suddenly overbalanced and slid back into the water.

在令人忐忑不安的瞬间，盘子晃晃悠悠地上了岸，但它突然失去了平衡，又跌回水中。