but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.

但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。

Then I added with a smile,

我微笑地接着说，

I had no intention of buying one,

我原来并不打算买一个，

He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life.

他是个精明能干、有钱的商人，但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知。

Because of this, we kept looking back, wondering if we were leaving a trail of oil and petrol behind us.

因此，我们不时地掉过头，怀疑车后是否留下了机油和汽油的痕迹。

When you come to think about it, there are only four ways you can deal with rubbish: dump it, burn it, turn it into something you can use again, attempt to produce less of it.

倾倒、焚烧、把垃圾变成再生材料或试图少产生一些垃圾。