说起

Not to meander myself, at present, I will go back to my birth.

我现在也不游来荡去地说了，我要转到我出生说起。

One speaks of orange peel , and apple peel , but of tomato skin.

人们说起桔子皮和苹果皮这个"皮"字用的是"peel"这个词，而说到西红柿皮却用的是"skin"这个词。

"You are like Debray, and yet it seems to me that when the minister is out of spirits, the opposition ought to be joyous."

"是的，"马尔塞夫回答说，"他对我说起过这样的事。"

"Now that you mention it," he says,"there was a placard holder outside this morning…"

"你怎么现在才说起，"他说，"今天早上就有人拿着块告示牌站在外面……"

She had said that you were thinner before and she also recollected some trifles while you were in school.

她说你从前比现在还要瘦，又说起你在学校里时候的一些琐事。

A Caltech professor talks about his long friendship with theCaltech-trained scientist who became the "father of Chinese rocketry."

一个加州理工学院的教授说起他跟加州理工学院毕业的科学家，后来成为"中国火箭之父"的钱学森时说到

There is a proverb about Rota farmers: the farmer of Rota touches each tomato plant at least forty times a day.

说起罗塔的农民，有句谚语是这样说的：罗塔农民每天至少要触摸每一株番茄四十次。

Because he spent his time making and serving tea to the ab bot at the temple, he gained an intimate knowledge of tea and tea making He went on to achieve renown by writing the world's first monograph on tea, later generations have come to call him the Sage of Tea.

说到中国茶的文化，便要由神农氏尝百草说起，他发现茶叶有医疗作用，由此开始了茶叶在中国的历史。由於中国气候适宜种植茶叶，陆羽的《茶经》问世后，把前人饮茶所累积的经验，有系统的记录下来，普及并促进了茶文化的发展，现在茶已是我们的「国饮」了。

"Why, that's the very gentleman I've been telling you about," whispered the shop girl.

"喏，这就是我刚刚对你说起的那位先生，"女店员轻声对我说。

I came very close to spilling the beans, but I was tired and couldn't find the words.

我很想把事情一股脑儿都说出来、但我太累了，不知道该从何说起。

If you are unfortunate enough to the lovelorn, please tell me, I will help you out, really, please contact me!

如果你不幸失恋了，请告诉我，我会帮助你摆脱困境，真的，请联系我啦！

China's plan to cut energy intensity by 20 percent and pollutant discharges by 10 percent between 2006 and 2010 is a case in point.

中国计划在2006年到2010间降低20%的能源强度和减少10%的主要污染物排放，就是一个这样的例子。