Apparently, there is a good deal of truth in this idea.

显然，这种说法里面包含着许多真实性。

The fire brigade was called and two fire fighter freed George using a special type of grease.

有人打电话叫来消防队，两位消防队员使用了一种特殊的润滑剂才使乔治得以解脱。

Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance,

尽管那个贵族每场戏都得念一遍那封信。

In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences -- most of them wildly improbable.

在19世纪，小说家常在小说结尾处给读者准备一系列的巧合——大部分是牵强附会，极不可能的。

Inviting the fire brigade to put out a nonexistent fire is a crude form of deception which no self-respecting student would ever indulge in.

请消防队来扑灭一场根本没有的大火是一种低级骗局，有自尊心的大学生决不会去做。

The day after the birth of the five children, an aeroplane arrived in Aberdeen bringing sixty reporters and photographers.

五胞胎降生第二天，一架飞机飞抵阿拜丁，随机带来60名记者与摄影师。