The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its home blaring, roared down the arcade.

宁静突然被打破，一辆大轿车亮着前灯，响着喇叭，呼啸着冲进了拱廊街，

There was a tine when the owners of shops and businesses in Chicago that to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for 'protection.

曾经有一个时期，芝加哥的店主和商行的老板们不得不拿出大笔的钱给歹徒以换取保护。

Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift.

罗伯特见到我很高兴，对我的薄礼也感到满意。

Readers happily accepted the fact that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother.

当时的读者却愉快地接受这样一些事实，一个低贱的女佣实际上是主人公的母亲；

The cave might never have been discovered has not the entrance been spotted by the distinguished French pot-holer, Berger.

若不是法国著名洞穴探险家伯杰由于偶然的机会发现了这个洞口的话，这个洞也许不会为人所知。

Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running special advisory services for novices, but by offering consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at home.

为了满足自己动手热的需要，商店不仅为初学者提供专门的咨询服务，而且为顾客准备了各种零件，供他们买回家去安装。