but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.

不过他觉得，地位升高了，损失点儿钱也值得。

She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table.

她曾告诉过面包师，如果她不去开门，他可直接进门，把面包放在厨房的桌上。

The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.

不无遗憾的是， 我们中的大部分人，生来就只吃某几种食品，而且一辈子都这样。

Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden.

此时，一辆卡车正好从后边开到那辆汽车边上，司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降，紧急刹车。

Though a number of descents have been made, much of it still remains to be explored.

人们多次进入洞内探险，但至今尚有不少东西有待勘探。

The family lived in Aberdeen, a small town of 23,000 inhabitants in South Dakota.

这户人家住在南达科他州一个人口为23，000 的小镇上，镇名为阿拜丁。