One year rolled on, and how chequered by passing events!

一年过去了， 过去的事件是多么的考验啊！

It contained a large table covered with a chequered oilcloth and round the walls was a set of stiff chairs.

里面有一张大桌子， 面格油布， 围墙壁放一套硬椅子。

He sat as one sitting for a portrait, motionless, watching the chequered lights and shades on the tree-trunks, the children playing opposite the school previous to entering for the morning lesson, the reapers in a field afar off.

他坐在那里，一动不动地坐在那里，看树驳的灯光和阴影，孩子们在学校对面玩耍，然后才进入早的课程，收割者在远处的田野里。

From the southern side of the said orchard ran a long road, chequered over with the shadow of tall old pear trees, at the end of which showed the high tower of the Parliament House, or Dung Market.

从述果园的南侧延伸出一条长长的道路，在高大的老梨树的阴影下格格不入，尽头是国会大厦或粪便市场的高塔。