【句型9】It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.（Lesson 4）
    【譯文】人們同時還發(fā)現(xiàn)，盡管她能用手指識別東西，但她的雙手一弄濕這種功能即刻消失。
    【講解】the moment her hands were wet是時間狀語從句，意為“她的雙手一濕”。the moment（that）意為“一……就……（as soon as）”，例如：
    【原文】She called her mother the moment（that）she reached the hotel.
    【譯文】她一到旅館就給她母親打了電話。
    【句型10】If there is one—which I take leave to doubt—then it is older people who create it, not the young themselves.（Lesson 5）
    【譯文】假如確有這個問題的話——我冒昧對此表示懷疑——那么這個問題是由老年人而非年輕人臆造的。
    【講解】if there is one中的one指a problem of youth。which I take leave to doubt系插入語，表示委婉語氣。
    【句型11】There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the young man has a glorious future before him and the old one has a splendid future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.（Lesson 5）
    【譯文】老年人和年輕人只有一個區(qū)別：年輕人有光輝燦爛的前景，而老年人的輝煌已成為過去。問題的癥結(jié)恐怕就在于此。
    【講解】a young one中one替代man以避免重復(fù)。句中的兩個冒號系亮點所在，前一個介紹difference的同位語，后一個引出說明性內(nèi)容。此句闡述青年人與老年人之差別，系作者細(xì)致觀察之結(jié)論，非高手不能為之。the rub（困難，障礙）也應(yīng)熟練掌握。例如：
    【原文】There’s the rub.
    【譯文】難就難在這兒。
    【原文】We’d like to travel, but the rub is that we have no money.
    【句型12】When I was a teenager, I felt that I was just young and uncertain—that I was a new boy in a huge school, and I would have been very pleased to be regarded as something so interesting as a problem.（Lesson 5）
    【譯文】我十幾歲時，總覺得自己年輕，懵懵懂懂——我感到我就像一所大學(xué)校里的新生，假如我當(dāng)時真的極為有趣地被人看作是個問題，我真會感到非常得意。
    【講解】that I was a new…problem作felt的賓語，破折號表示引出被強調(diào)的部分。本句的要點在于暗喻（metaphor）修辭手法，作者把社會比作a huge school，把自己比作a new boy。
    【譯文】我們喜歡旅行，問題是沒有錢。