No, no drawings can be done until the wall is dry. That may take about a week.

不行。墙不干是不能在上面画画的。大概要一周才能干。

I've promised to take my pound of flesh.

我说过一定要拿走我应得的那一磅肉。

This is because the surface of the earth is not flat but round.

因为地球表面不是平的，而是圆的。

Other books are for reading slowly and carefully. If it is a book on a subject that you are interested in, you will want to chew and digest it. That does not mean reading it too slowly. When you pick up a book for the first time, check that it is not to

还有一些书是要慢慢地、仔细地阅读的。如果有一本书谈论的题目你很感兴趣，你就想“咀嚼、消化它”。这并不意味着要读得太慢。当你第一次拿起一本书的时候，你得检查一下，这本书不是太难读。除非从头几页书中你能看出这是一本你容易读懂的书，否则你就不要去读它。

Oxygen is widely used in ship repairs for cutting and joining metal plates or pipes.

在船舶修理过程中，常常使用氧气切割和焊接金属板或金属管。

Today there are special kindergartens for Maori children, and the Maori language is now taught in more and more schools.

如今已有专门为毛利儿童而设的幼儿园，而且在越来越多的学校里讲授毛利语。