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第74章 报纸中的蜘蛛

When Mark Twain edited a newspaper,one of his subscribers wrote to him that he had found a spider in his paper and wished to know whether it meant good luck or bad.

Twain replied:“Finding a spider in your paper is neither good luck nor bad.The spider was only looking over our paper to see which merchant was not advertising so that he could go to that shop,spin his web across the door and led a life of undisturbed peace afterwards.”

马克·吐温编辑报纸,有一次一个用户给他写信,说在报纸中发现了一个蜘蛛,不知道这会带来好运还是厄运。

吐温回信道:“在报纸中发现蜘蛛既不会带来好运也不会带来厄运。蜘蛛只是在翻看报纸,看哪个商人没有登广告,这样它就可以去那个商店,在门上织个网,然后安安静静地在那生活下去了。”

1.edit vt.

(1)主编(报纸、杂志、书籍等);担任(报纸、杂志、专栏等的)编辑;为(报刊、杂志等)制定(编辑)方针:

例句:He used to edit the China Daily.

他曾任《中国日报》的主编。

(2)编辑,编纂,编选,选辑,编注;校订:

例句:to edit the selected works of Walter Scott

编司各特作品选

(3)(为达到某一目的或某种标准而)修改;改写;修订:

例句:to edit one's work

修改作品

(4)剪辑(影片、磁带、录音等):

例句:to edit a film

剪辑影片

2.subscriber n.订户;签署者;捐献者

E.g.For subscriber,please re-login and try again.对于登记用户,请再次登入后重试。

3.spider n.蜘蛛

4.merchant n.商人,批发商,店主

5.advertise vt.为……做广告;通知;使突出vi.做广告,登广告;作宣传

E.g.The company advertised goods for sale.

这家公司为推销产品而做广告。

to advertise a new brand of toothpaste

为一种新牌子牙膏做广告

6.undisturbed adj.镇定的;安静的;未被扰乱的;泰然自若的

E.g.The children pursue their study,undisturbed by the many visitor.

孩子们继续学习,不因许多来访者而分心。

7.afterwards adv.然后;后来

E.g.I want to know what happened afterwards.

我想要知道之后发生了什么事。