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【正文】 re a room with another passenger. 單行的旅客被告知必須與他人共住一室。 share …… with …… 與 共享 Return one way or another one way or another one way or other one way or the other in any way 無(wú)論如何 , 不管怎樣 , 設(shè)法 , 以這樣或那樣的方式 Return Ondine?s Curse a colloquial expression referring to the disease caused by Ondine?s Curse Ondine= undine: a female water spirit in folk tales Return If I fall asleep I may stop breathing. 如果我睡著了就會(huì)死掉。 Return throw my arms around 擁抱 throw (one39。s) weight around: to use power or authority, especially in an excessive or heavyhanded way. 濫用權(quán)勢(shì)，耀武揚(yáng)威尤指以一種過(guò)分或嚴(yán)厲的方式使用權(quán)力或地位 throw the baby out with the bath water: to discard something valuable along with something not desired, usually 掉，通常指無(wú)意地 throw up (one?s) hands: to indicate or express utter hopelessness:暗示或表示絕望： He threw up his hands and abandoned the argument. 他舉手放棄了爭(zhēng)論 Return I have insomnia. 我有失眠癥。 insomnia: Chronic inability to fall asleep or remain asleep for an adequate length of Return “He smiled at me so sadly that I knew that I could never tell him the truth. 她是如此痛苦地朝我微笑著，我知道我永遠(yuǎn)不能告訴他真相。 smile at : 對(duì)著 微笑 Return What is the reason for the man?s taking a photo of the writer? Answer What is the reason for the man?s taking a photo of the writer? He was a professional photographer. Return The Olympic Games In ancient Greece sports played a very important part in the lives of the people. There were four major athletic meetings in different parts of Greece, and the Olympian meeting was the most important of them. As time passed, the Olympian meeting gradually lost its local character and became first a national event and then international. No one knows exactly how far back the Olympic Games go, but some official records date from 776 . Next After a long history of almost 1,200 years, the Games were stopped for religious reasons. In 1896 the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens. Since then the games have been held once every four years. The friendly feelings in the Olympic Village make people think of the world as one big family. Return Why did the photographer want to have a good night?s sleep? Answer Why did the photographer want to have a good night?s sleep? For eight days he busy photographing the Winter Olympics and could not find time to sleep. Return Did he have a good night?s sleep? Why or why not? Answer Did he have a good night?s sleep? Why or why not? In order to get a private room, the photographer pretended that he could not sleep. Unfortunately there was a blind man among the passengers who suffered from insomnia and wanted to spend that night talking. So the two men were placed in one room. As we can guess, they stayed up all night, without getting a wink of sleep. Return What lesson did the photographer learn from this unpleasant experience? Answer What lesson did the photographer learn from this unpleasant experience? Being too clever may get you into more troubles. Return