When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.

考古工作者把这些碎片重新拼装起来后，惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。

it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream to create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.

但它的结构简单，造型优美，实现了设计者企图创造一个“尽量用细线条勾画出一个庞然大物”的梦想。

In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him.

事实上，门多萨不久便名声大振，致使汉弗莱斯与他反目为敌。

Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on were we have been brought up.

我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑，很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。

Shopping, too, is always a pleasure.

买东西也是一种乐趣。

The path led to a tiny village perched on the steep sides of a mountain.

顺着小路，我们来到一个座落在陡峭山坡上的小村庄。