One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours!

一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！

However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge.

然而，这座桥重要特点不仅是它的规模与强度。

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end,

有些剧目十分成功，以致连续上演好几年。

No one suspected that there might be someone else on the farm who had never been seen.

谁也没想到农场竟会有一个从未露面的人。

Future historians will be in a unique position when they come to record the history of our own times.

未来的历史学家在写我们这一段历史的时候会别具一格。

When we later walked down the main street of the villager, we were followed by a silent procession of children.

后来，我们在村里的主要街道上行走的时候，一队默不作声的孩子跟在我们后头。