John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains of wallet and the money to the special department of the Bank of England in Newcastle: the Mutilate Ladies!

约翰去找银行经理，经理把约翰的钱包和纸币的残留物送到英国银行在纽卡斯尔的一个专门部门——残钞鉴别组。

On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his fifty pence and it bounced along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain.

在他去糖果店的路上，50便士掉在地上，在人行道上跳了几下，掉进了阴沟里。

To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere:

让人沮丧的是，我们发现到处都是蜗牛：

Up to the time of his death, Richard Colson was one of the most notable figures in our town.

理查德。科尔森生前是我们镇上最有名望的人之一。

I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it.

我问一位乘客，这是不是开往威斯特海温的那趟快车，他说从未听说过有这么一趟快车。

Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple.

事实上，修理工作远不是那么简单。