He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.

于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。

You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, Waiting for a boat which never comes.

要么饿死，要么像鲁滨孙那样，天天盼船来，却总没见船影。

Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old.

门多萨在14岁时参加一场拳击赛后一举成名。

They employed a few farmhands, but no one was willing to work there long.

他们雇了几个农工，但谁也不愿意在那儿长期工作下去。

The wheels scooped up stones which hammered ominously under the car.

车轮搅起的石块锤击车身，发出不祥的锤击声。

When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some woman assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.

每当电灯保险丝烧断、家具榫头松动、管道堵塞、吸尘器不动时，有些妻子认为丈夫总有办法。