1、 Beauticians, bartenders, piano players and people with purple hats, Welty's people come from afternoons spent visiting with old friends, from walks through the streets of her native Jackson, miss.
美容师、调酒师、钢琴手和戴着紫色帽子的人,威尔蒂的顾客都是在下午拜访老朋友,在她的家乡杰克逊的街道上散步。
来源:2016年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
2、 I made my way backstage just as/when the great magician was putting on his top hat.
我走到后台时,那个大魔术师正戴上他的大礼帽。
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1、 What was once exciting and new becomes old-hat; regret creeps in.
曾经令人兴奋和新鲜的东西变得陈旧;后悔悄然而至。
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