Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。”

'But it isn't perfume,' I said.'It's hair gel. '

“不，这不是香水，”我说，“是发胶。

We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.

在小说中，我们经常读到一个表面上受人尊重的人物或家庭，却有着某种多年不为人所知的骇人听闻的秘密。

As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter.

布袋很沉，他重重地把布袋扔在柜台上。

We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.

我们想念迟早会飞起一个石块把油箱砸开一个窟窿，或者把发动机砸坏。

In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists.

在这个旅游频繁的世界上，仍有成千上万个游人足迹未至的地方。