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Everybody, no matter what differences they had...
不管这些水手是多么不同。
the languages, the color of their skin...
包括他们的语言、肤色。?
had one thing in common.
但是却有一个共通点。　　
They were drunk every single night.
他们每晚都会喝得烂醉。　　
Three, please.
三楼，谢谢。　　
Could you hold, dear, for us, please?
请你等一下我们？　　
Thank you very much. Good evening.
谢谢，晚安。　　
Her name was Elizabeth Abbott.
她叫伊莉莎白艾毕。　　
She was not beautiful. She was plain as paper.
她并不美，而且很普通。　　
But she was pretty as any picture to me.
但我却觉得她像画一样美。　　
What are you looking at?
你在看什么？　　
If you must know, we have a longstanding agreement never to go to bed sober.
我们很早就约好不喝醉不上床。　　
Isn't that right, darling? Whatever you say, darling.
对吧，老公？ 你说了算。　　
Her husband was Walter Abbott.
她先生是华特艾毕。　　
He was chief minister of the British Trade Mission in Murmansk...
他是英国驻苏联的贸易局局长。
and he was a spy.
而且他是个间谍。　　
Darling. Oh, thank you, my darling.
亲爱的，谢谢你。　　
Key, darling. Oh, yes.
锁匙，对喔。　　
I broke my heel off one of my shoes.
我的高跟鞋的鞋跟断了。　　
I'm not in the habit of walking about in my stocking feet.
我并不常穿着丝袜光脚走路。

妙语佳句
1.drunk
喝酒（drink的过去分词）
be drunk
喝醉了的
And the one who slept with a guy when he was drunk, then with another when he was sober.
而且有一次在他喝醉的时候曾和一个男人一起睡觉，然后在清醒的时候又和另一个男人睡觉。
2.She was plain as paper
她很普通
plain
adj. 平的；简单的；朴素的；清晰的
n. 平原；无格式；朴实无华的东西
The slide above is a perfect example of using very plain design and little effort to create something that actually looks really nice.
上面的片子就是一个极佳的例子，使用朴实无华的设计，毫无费力就创造出一个看起来棒极了的东西。
3.longstanding
长期存在的；长时间的
Asia is home not only to rising powers, but also to isolated regimes; not only to longstanding challenges, but also unprecedented threats.
亚洲不仅有新兴大国，而且有被孤立的政权；不仅面临长期存在的挑战，而且面临前所未有的威胁。
4.chief minister
首席部长
Her claim to speak for the poor could not mask her mediocre record as chief minister of India's most populous state.
她宣称是穷人的代言人，却无法掩饰她作为印度人口最多邦的首席部长的平庸履历。
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翻译：
1.但我却觉得她像画一样美。　　　　　
2.我并不常穿着丝袜光脚走路。　
上期答案：
1.He sent me a postcard from everywhere he went.
2.Never said a word to anyone, except himself.