锡根

From an open box on the majolicatopped table he extracted a black diminutive cone, one inch in height, placed it on its circular base on a small tin plate, placed his candlestick on the right corner of the mantelpiece, produced from his waistcoat a folded page of prospectus entitled Agendath Netaim, unfolded the same, examined it superficially, rolled it into a thin cylinder, ignited it in the candleflame, applied it when ignited to the apex of the cone till the latter reached the stage of rutilance, placed the cylinder in the basin of the candlestick disposing its unconsumed part in such a manner as to facilitate total combustion.

422他从马略尔卡瓷面桌子上的一个敞着的盒子里取出个一英寸高、又小又黑的松果，将其圆底儿放在小小的锡盘上。然后把他的烛台摆在壁炉台右角上，从背心里掏出一张卷起来的简介，题名"阿根达斯。内泰穆"。打开来，大致浏览了一下，又将它卷成细长的圆筒，在烛火上引燃了。于是，圆筒的火苗伸到松果尖端，直到后者发出红色火光；并将纸筒撂在烛台托子上，让剩下的那部分燃烧殆尽。

He had besides the things before mentioned, twelve marbles, part of a jews-harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass to look through, a spool cannon, a key that wouldn't unlock anything, a fragment of chalk, a glass stopper of a decanter, a tin soldier, a couple of tadpoles, six fire-crackers, a kitten with only one eye, a brass doorknob, a dog-collar -- but no dog -- the handle of a knife, four pieces of orange-peel, and a dilapidated old window sash.

除了以上提到的那些玩意以外，还有十二颗石头子；一只破口琴；一块可以透视的蓝玻璃片；一门线轴做的大炮；一把什么锁也不开的钥匙；一截粉笔；一个大酒瓶塞子；一个锡皮做的小兵；一对蝌蚪；六个鞭炮；一只独眼小猫；一个门上的铜把手；一根拴狗的颈圈――却没有狗――一个刀把；四片桔子皮；还有一个破旧的窗框。

His first memory of magic, from the age of three, was hammering a nail into hidden matches at a show in the garrison at Secunderabad, in south-east India, where his father was stationed.

他对魔术最初的记忆始于他三岁时，在印度东南锡康达腊巴德军队驻地的一场演出中看到一根钉子被敲成了火柴。当时他的父亲驻扎在那里。

I'm strongly against the death penalty — it's an eye for an eye.

我不赞成死刑——这是以牙还牙的报复行为。

And to get you the support you need, we're enlisting all elements of our national power: our diplomacy and development, our economic might and our moral suasion, so that you and the rest of our military do not bear the burden of our security alone.

并给你们所须的支援，我们正徵召国家所有各种的力量：我们的外交及发展，我们的经济力量与道德劝说，所以你们与其他军人不须要孤独地负起国家安全的责任。