1.The past is a foreign country： they do things differently there.
往事犹若异乡：他们在那里做的事情都不一样。

2.As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.
一天早晨，格里高尔•萨姆沙从不安的睡梦中醒来，发现自己躺在床上变成了一只巨大的甲虫。

3.It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain she fell madly in love with him.
这可是实实在在的一见钟情。初次相见，约腮连便狂热地恋上了随军牧师。

4.Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
布鲁克小姐的姿色，在素淡的衣衫衬托下，反而显得格外动人。

5.Under certain circumstance there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.
在某些情况下，生活中很少有比把时间用在名为下午茶的仪式上更令人惬意的事了。

6.Mother died today. Or maybe， yesterday; I can’t be sure.
今天，妈妈死了，也许是昨天，我不知道。

7.They’re out there. Black boys in white suits up before me to commit sex acts in the hall and get it manned up before I can catch them.
他们在外头，穿白色制服的黑男孩们起得比我早，他们公然在大厅里暧昧，然后在我能抓到他们前把大厅都清理干净了。

8.There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
那天，出去散步是不可能了。

9.Elmer Gantry was drunk. He was eloquently drunk， lovingly and pugnaciously drunk.
埃尔墨•甘特利喝醉了，醉得胡话连篇，洋相百出，动不动还找人吵架。

10.A green hunting cap squeezed the top of a fleshy balloon of a head.
一顶绿色的猎帽卡在隆起的头部。

11.The cold passed reluctantly from the earth， and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills， resting.
寒冷迟疑地从大地上退去，随着薄雾逐渐散开，可以看见一支军队分散在山坡上睡觉。

12.The schoolmaster was leaving the village， and everybody seemed sorry.
这位小学老师就要离开村子了，人人都似乎有些难过。

13.He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone 84 days now without taking a fish.
他是个独自在湾流中一条小船上钓鱼的老人，至今已了84天，一条鱼也没逮住。

14.All this happened， more or less.
故事中的一切，或多或少都发生过。

15.It was inevitable：the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
这是不可避免的，苦杏仁的味道总是让他想起注定没有回报的爱情。

16.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
千里之行，始于足下。

17.Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。

18.The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。

19.Time is money.
时间就是金钱。

20.Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达。