Diseases come on horseback and go away on foot.

The contamination of water makes the residents vulnerable to diseases.

水的污染是居民们容易得病.

The news of her child's illness distressed the mother.

孩子得病的消息让他母亲感到很痛苦.

She was disturbed to hear of her mother's sudden illness.

她获悉母亲突然得病后感到心神不宁.

If your child shows any signs of illness, take her to the doctor.

如果您的孩子出现任何患病症状，带她去看医生。

Truth have a good face, but bad clothes.

真理虽褴褛, 面貌却娟秀.

Seldom have I heard such beautiful singing.

我很少听到过如此美妙的歌声.

The band played excellent music at the children's show.

在儿童演出中,这个乐队演奏了非常美妙的音乐.

Hotel construction characteristics of traditional and modern style in one, delicate and elegant.

饭店建筑集传统特色和现代化风貌于一体, 典雅秀气.

She bought a lovely piece of China.

她买了一件秀气的瓷器.

" Your baby is really big and strong, but mine is fair and delicate.

“ 你的那个孩子真壮真大呵, 如不如我的这个白净秀气!

The girl with red overalls is falling from her horse.

那个穿红色马裤的女孩从马上摔下来.

The second said: But unfortunately only in parable.

乙说: 可惜只是赢在譬喻.

Let us distinguish the various types of metaphor.

我们把各种譬喻加以分类.

Use an invented name, such as Anytown, not a real one.

瞎编个名字吧, 比方叫‘A城 ’吧, 别用真名.

Let's take any writer, say ( ie for example ) Dickens.

咱们可以随便拿个作家为例, 比方说狄更斯.

In this example the method of angles has numerical advantage over that of directions.

在这个例子中,角度法比方向法有数值上的优点.

Someone with, say, between 300 and 500 acres could be losing thousands of pounds a year.

比方说，拥有300到500英亩地的人，可能每年会损失几千英镑。

We talked about such subjects as the weather.

我们谈论了诸如天气之类的话题.

It is pleasure to enjoy the strawberries when they come into season.

譬如草莓上市之际,若能大快朵颐,岂非快乐无比?

Choose a cool colour such as cream.

选择冷色系，比如乳白色。