1·The next day there was still no ship in sight, so Dudley told Brooks to avert his gaze and he motioned to Stevens that the boy, Parker, had better be killed.
第二天，仍然看不见一条船，于是达德利叫布鲁克斯把视线移开，并示意史蒂文斯，最好把那个叫帕克的男孩杀掉。
2·Ms Brooks may or may not have had suspicions about how her journalists got their stories, but she asked no questions, gave no instructions—nor received traceable, recorded answers.
布鲁克斯女士可能怀疑，抑或没有怀疑过手下的记者是如何获取新闻的，但她并未质疑、指导，也未得到任何可追溯、有记录的答案。
3·Lewis and Brooks argued that an important developmental milestone is reached when children become able to recognize themselves visually without the support of seeing contingent movement.
路易斯和布鲁克斯认为，当儿童不借助于观察偶然行为，也能通过视觉认出自己时，他们就达到了发育的一个重要里程碑。
4·I have to admit Brooks woke me up.
我不得不承认，布鲁克斯唤醒了我。
5·Brooks: Oh, no. Back then computers were mostly for scientific computation, like calculating the orbits of rockets.
布鲁克斯：没有这样想过。当时的电脑主要是用来科学计算的，例如计算火箭的轨道。