(1) Hygeia herself would have fallen sick under such a regimen; and how much more this poor old nervous victim?
按照这样的养生之道,别说这可怜的老太太了,就连健康女神哈奇亚*也会害病。
*哈奇亚是希腊神话中的健康女神。
(2) Big Ben is ringing the hour.大本钟*在当当报时。
*伦敦英国议院塔上的大钟。
(3) Pizza is my son's favorite American food.比萨饼是我儿子最喜欢的美国食品。
(4) New York was never Mecca to me.纽约从不是我心中的圣地麦加。
(5) Like a son of Bachus, he can drink up two bottles of whisky at a breath.
他简直像酒神巴赫斯的儿子,能一口气喝光两瓶威士忌。
*巴赫斯是古希腊神话中的酒神。
(6) Say you shoot a video that you think is particularly artsy. Beam it out and make a small fortune by charging an untold number of viewers a fee for watching. Peter Jennings would be obsolete.
(13) It is always inspiring to see a brave man fighting for a lost cause, and I never cease to admire the Jacobitish zeal with which year after year Mr. John Ervine carries on a guerrilla war-fare against the ever-increasing power of tobacco.