So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy.

因此，面对丹麦人的进攻，阿尔弗雷德没有贸然同敌人作战，而是采用骚扰敌人的战术。

The best way to overcome it----so at least it seems to me---

克服怕死的最好办法--至少在我看来是这样--

and existence an empty laugh braying across the mysteries;

如果存在不只是对神秘事物的一种空虚的笑声，

The mammoth has now been restored in the Palaeontological Museum in Leningrad. Other animals were trapped in tar pits, like the elephants, sabre-toothed cats, and numerous other creatures that are found at Rancho la Brea,which is now just a suburb of Los

这头长毛象已被修复，现存于圣彼得堡古生物学博物馆。有的动物掉进天然沥清坑里被保存下来，如在兰桥。拉。布里 -- 现在是洛杉矶的郊区发现的大象、剑齿虎和许多其他动物。

or make some spiteful remark about the friends' parents.

或者讲些小朋友家长的坏话。

and whom I respect, confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen to paper.

和尊敬的作家，都立即承认在他们动笔时，不清楚要写什么，怎么写。