综英句子[优化].docVIP

Unit1: 作为作家，我和E`B`怀特不是同一个级别，作为农场主，我也不同于我的乡邻，不过我还应付得过去。 I am not in E.B.White’s class as a writer or in my neighbors’ league as a farmer, but I’m getting by. 我们自己砍柴，足以用来采暖度过寒冬 We cut enough wood to just about make it through the heating season. 不久，16岁的吉米和四个孩子中最小的——13岁的埃米莉，会帮着我一起把拖了很久没修的室外厕所修理一下，那是专为我们在室外干活修建的 Soon Jim,16 and Emily,13, the youngest of our four children, will help me make some long-overdue improvements on the outdoor toilet that supplements our indoor plumbing when we are working outside. 正如老话说得那样，在这种情况之下，坏人不得闲——好人也清闲不了。 There is, as the old saying goes, no rest for the wicked on a place like this ——and not much for the virtuous either. 暴风雪一场接着一场，积雪厚厚地覆盖着屋子和谷仓，我们在室内用自己砍伐的木柴取暖，吃着自家种植的苹果，享受每一分的快乐。 While one storm after another blasted huge drifts up against the house and barn, we kept warm inside burning our own wood, eating our own apples and loving every minute of it. 接着一次是农作物生长季节到了，一波又一波的农产品如潮水般将我们淹没。 Then the growing season began, swamping us under wave after wave of produce. 答案无疑是否定的。于是，带着老板的祝福，口袋里揣着相当于半年薪水的累积津贴，我走了。 The answer, decidedly ,was no, and so——with my employer’s blessings and half a year’s pay in accumulated benefits in my pocket——off I went. 8.从那以后有过一些令人焦虑的时刻，但总体来说，情况比我们料想的要好得多。 There have been a few anxious moments since then, but on balance things have gone much better than we had any right to expect. 9.我挣的钱远比不上做全职工作时的收入， I’m not making anywhere near as much money as I did when I was employed full time, 10.虽然我们不得不支付小部分医疗费用，但我们的保险费很低——每年只需560美金，包括巨灾保险。 Although we are stuck with paying minor expenses our premium is low——only $560 a year——and we are covered against catastrophe. 11.我们通过削减开支而又明显降低生活水平的方式来弥补收入差额。 We’ve been able to make up the difference in income by cutting back without appreciably lowering our standard of living. 12.铺张的圣诞节成了一种回忆，我们把完成稿约作为度假的一部分。 Extravagant Christmases are a memory, and we combine vacations with story assignments. 13.我认为不是每个热爱乡村的人都会乐于过我们这种生活的。这种生活需要两种特殊的素质。其一是耐得住寂寞。因为我们非常忙碌，手头又紧，我们很少请客。 I suspect not ev