But high-speed rail rarely delivers the widespread economic benefits its boosters predict. The British government—the latest to be beguiled by this vision of modernity—should think again (see article).

但是高速铁路很少带其支持者所预期的广泛的经济效益。最近被这现代化玩意儿的所迷惑的英国政府应该三思了。

The backbar mirror picked up some of the street-glare and glimmered in the gloom like a mirage.

吧台后面的镜子捕捉到一些大街上的光亮，在黑暗处犹如一般闪着光。

I can conjure them but they are mirages only.

我尽可以把这些人，可他们就像市蜃楼般的。

When she became cooler she perceived that many of the phases of the dream had naturally arisen out of the images and fancies of the day before.

等到游苔莎冷静下，意识到梦中种种自然是由昨天白天里的想象和遐思引起的。

Kick off those heels and feel the sand between your toes at The Mirage and Mandalay Bay resorts.

欢迎到赌场和曼达利湾赌场渡假村，脱掉高跟鞋，享受踩在沙滩上的感觉。

There is straight description ( “a few solitary drinkers at the bar” ) and a bit of rather more poetic description ( “The backbar mirror … glimmered in the gloom like a mirage” ) in my central descriptive paragraph about Palm Too.

在我这段关于乂见棕榈餐馆的描述性段落里，既有平铺直叙(“酒吧区坐着几个孤独的酒客”)，也有一些比较诗意的描写（“吧台后面的镜子… … 在黑暗处犹如一般闪着光”)。

Walking down along a muddy path, I turned a corner, and there in the middle of the trail was a mirage of the most magnificent pinks and blue and red colors I had ever seen.

沿着泥泞的小路漫步， 我转过一个弯，眼前赫然现了一片， 那是我所见过的最绚丽的粉红、蓝和红色。

The drug culture could confirm that the paradisal vision was available to all who sought it.

毒品文化可以进一步证明，一切寻求它的人都能得到天堂的。.