1·My friend, Mark Mykleby, who works in the Pentagon, Shared with me this personal letter to the editor he got published last week in his hometown paper, the Beaufort Gazette in South Carolina.
我的朋友马克·迈克莱伯在国防部工作,他与我分享了这封私信。这封私信交给了编辑并于上周登在了他家乡的《南卡罗纳州博福特公报》上。
2·Do listen. Your friend Madame Olenska was at Mrs. Lemuel Struthers's party last night: she went there with the Duke and Mr. Beaufort.
你听着,你的朋友奥兰斯卡夫人昨晚参加了莱姆尔·斯特拉瑟斯太太的宴会,她是跟公爵和博福特先生一起去的。
3·Beaufort stood, hat in hand, saying something which his companion seemed to negative; then they shookhands, and he jumped into his carriage while she mounted the steps.
博福特站住了,手里拿着帽子说着什么,似乎被他的同伴否决了。接着,他们握了握手,他跳进马车,她走上门阶。
4·He heard nothing of the Countess Olenska, or of the perfect little house, and though he met Beaufort at the club they merely nodded at each other across the whist-tables.
他没有听到奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人或那所理想的小房子的任何消息,尽管他在俱乐部遇见过博福特,但他们仅仅隔着几张牌桌互相点了点头而已。
5·He heard nothing of theCountess Olenska, or of the perfect little house, andthough he met Beaufort at the club they merely noddedat each other across the whist-tables.
他没有听到奥兰斯卡伯爵夫人或那所理想的小房子的任何消息,尽管他在俱乐部遇见过博福特,但他们仅仅隔着几张牌桌互相点了点头而已。
1·The storm measured 10 on the Beaufort scale.
这次风暴按蒲福风级测量为10级。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·After spending the weekend in Cambridge, Darwin rode to London and went to the Whitehall Admiralty building across from St. James Park to speak with FitzRoy in Captain Beaufort's office.
在剑桥度过周末后,达尔文骑行去伦敦,到了怀特霍尔街圣詹姆斯公园对面的海军部大楼,去蒲福上校办公室里同菲茨罗伊商谈。
3·The ferris wheel can resist 8-magnitude earthquakes and Beaufort scale 12 typhoons.
摩天轮可以抵抗8级大地震及蒲福12级台风。