Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped.

他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一边敲了13下才停。

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。

but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took lead.

但在印度洋上，“卡萨萨克”号驶到了前面。

In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.

尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。

Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols which have been engraved on walls, bones, and the ivory tusks of mammoths.

长期以来，历史学家一直对雕刻在墙壁上、骨头上、古代长毛象的象牙上的点、线和形形色色的符号感到困惑不解。

for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husband's death.

房子实在太大了，但在丈夫去世多年后，她仍然执意长年住在那儿。