He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.

于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。

His great flight lasted thirty-seven minutes.

他这次伟大的飞行持续37分钟。

Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.

同时，他建立了一所拳击学校，办得很成功，连拜伦勋爵也成了他的学生。

It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.

他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧，只是想证明评论家们有时并不解他们所谈论的事情。

We felt sure that sooner or later a stone would rip a hole in our petrol tank or damage the engine.

我们想念迟早会飞起一个石块把油箱砸开一个窟窿，或者把发动机砸坏。

but more often than not, the greater part of the journey is spent on roads with few service stations and too much traffic.

但旅行的大部分时间都花在路上，而且只有很少的服务设施，交通也很拥挤。