I often visited TheGables when I was a boy. No matter how many guests were present, the great housewas always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silverwas displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of bookswas kept miraculously free from dust.
7.I often visited The Gables when I was a boy.
我小時候常去“山墻莊園”作客。
8.No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate.
不管去多少賓客,大房子里總是收拾得干干凈凈。
語言點(diǎn):no matter how的意思是“不管怎樣。”
9.The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed ingleaming glass cabinets; even my uncle's huge collection of books was keptmiraculously free from dust.
鑲木地板潔如明鏡,擦得發(fā)亮的銀器陳列在明亮的玻璃柜里,連姑夫的大量藏書也保存得很好,奇跡般地一塵不染。