The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。

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

“不，这不是香水，”我说，“是发胶。

we are no longer free to choose the things we want,

但我们已经无法独立自主地选购自己所需的东西了。

Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.

就像许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉马塔发现的那样，有时乱子会闹得很大。

Perhaps it is the desire for solitude or the chance of making an unexpected discovery that lures people down to the depths of the earth.

寻求独处的愿望或寻求意外发现的机会的欲望吸引人们来到地下深处。

This time they fixed heavy metal clamps to both sides of the dish so that they could fasten the chains.

这次，他们用沉重的金属夹子把盘子夹住，以便往盘子上安装铁链。