书中英慣用短語:
  •   這文章滿篇術語, 對我直如天書.   This article's so full of jargon it's just double Dutch to me
  •   這是你說的那本書嗎?   Is this the book you mean?
  • adv.  這是相當淺易的書.   This is a fairly easy book
  • adj.  這本書不太像樣子.   The book is rather shapeless
  • adv.  這本書從前很出名, 現在沒人看了.   This book was once famous, but nobody reads it today
  •   這本書他還有許多工作要做. Labour suggests physical effort   He's got a lot more work to do on the book.
  • v.  這本書以柔懦的筆調渲染了殘疾人的痛苦.   This book sentimentalizes the suffering of the disabled
  • n.  這本書你絶不會要價40英鎊吧?＇｀是40英鎊--物有所值啊!＇   You're surely not asking 40 for this book?' `Yes it's cheap at the price!' ｀
  • adj.  這本書值得一讀.   It's worth reading the book
  • n.  這本書出版社已印了10000册.   The publisher has printed10000 copies of the book
  • n.  這本書出色地捍衛了我們的政策.   our policies
  • n.  這本書可以使你對古希臘人的生活有一些認識[有深入的瞭解].   a good idea of life in ancient Greece
  • adj.  這本書因內容節外生枝而很難懂.   The elaborations of the plot made it a difficult book to read
  • n.  這本書在不過五十頁的篇幅裏嚮人們提供了維特根斯坦思想的精髓.   This book offers a distillation of Wittgenstein's thought in a mere fifty pages
  • adj.  這本書對中世紀時期論述不足.   the medieval period
  • adv.  這本書並不比那本貴.   This book is no more expensive than that one