Such inns as there were generally dirty and flea-ridden;

那里的小客栈一般都很肮脏，而且跳蚤猖獗。

This rabbit had no natural enemies in the Antipodes,

这种兔子在澳大利亚及新西兰没有天敌，

Speculations about is nature have been going on for literally thousands of years,

人们对睡眠作用的种种猜测，确实有数千年之久。

All gun-ports were open and the muzzles peeped wickedly from them.

船上的炮眼都开着，炮口虎视眈眈地向外窥视着。

This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the'happy few' during the past centuries.

这说明，经过了多么漫长的时间之后，我们才认识到，有必要确保我们的孩子享有多少个世纪以来由‘少数幸运者’所积累起来的知识。

Refuse politely any cold drink from an unknown source.

应谢绝任何不明来源的冷饮。