Fortunately for them, the Bank of England has a team called Mutilated Ladies which deals with claims from people who fed their money to a machine or to their dog.

对英国人来说，值得庆幸的是英国银行有一个残钞鉴别组，负责理那些把钱塞进机器或塞给狗的人提出的索赔要求。

Modern sculpture rarely surprises us any more.

现代雕塑不再使我们感到惊讶了。

If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy.

比如，如果你住在地中海地区，你会把章鱼视作是美味佳肴，

From this the captain was able to piece together all the information that had come to light.

据此，船长可以将所有的那些已经搞清的材料拼凑起来。

Though a number of descents have been made, much of it still remains to be explored.

人们多次进入洞内探险，但至今尚有不少东西有待勘探。

In it there was a boatman fast asleep.

船上有一船夫在呼呼大睡。