- An archaeologist, an odd bird of passage who turns up there every three or four years or so.
一个考古学家，他是一个性情古怪、漂泊无定的人，每隔三四年左右就会来这里一次。
- No soap opera fan can complain that the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings that usurped the network tales of sex and power could not deliver their daily emotional fix. It was an astounding day for television viewers, right up there with Watergate.
喜欢看肥皂剧的人不会抱怨参议院司法委员会听证会不能提供每天的感情刺激。在色情与权力故事方面它取代了电视台。对电视观众那是令人耳目一新的一天，可与水门事件媲美。
- From our perch up there on top of the cliff we can see the whole town.
我们从悬崖顶上的高处能看到城市的全景。
- Don't expect me to sit here like a good boy while Smith is up there talking his head off.
不要指望我会像个乖孩子地坐在这儿，而史密斯在那里唠叨个没完。
