This is just waste of space.

而且我们很少会将看起来很序数直接写在日期上。

Except maybe… being a burden to your family.

除了或许… … 自己变成家人。

It might also be a chance to get rid of some dead wood.

这也是个摆脱好机会。

Jack had been a sore trial to his family for twenty years.

整整20年，杰克对于他家庭来说一直是个痛苦。

I'm sorry that I'm such a handful. I really am trying to do the best that I can.

很抱歉，我成了你。我真尽力了。

Kulkarni adds that aging will be less of a challenge in countries where elders are seen as assets rather than liabilities.

库卡尼还表示在一些老年人被视为瑰宝而不是国家里，老龄化并不一定是难题。

" No passengers. Never have passengers. Too much in the way" .

" 有，我从来也不带旅客，旅客是一种又麻烦人货物。"

Okay, be-because you and Claire were holding us back.

是啦 因为你跟克莱尔是我们。

He felt that he was a redundancy in the world.

他感觉自己是世上一个。

A distance which had been but a reasonable exercise on a foggy morning was a drag for Margery now.

在一个雾早晨， 一段距离不过是合理锻炼， 现在却成了玛格丽。

What does the medical experience look like for someone who doesn't have the $400 phone or watch tracking their every movement?

买不起四百块钱手机 或手表人来说会是怎样？他们怎么记录他们一举一动呢？他们会否成为医疗系统？

His hunger drove him on. He wondered if Bill, too, were lost. By the middle of the day, the weight of his pack became too great.

饥饿感逼得他太厉害了。他又寻思是不是比尔也迷了路。走到中午时，包袱压得他受不了。

His family's business was failing, and Albert worried that he was a drain on his parents—a sponge that took but never gave back.

他家族生意失败了，Albert 担心自己会成为父母——一块索取却从不回馈海绵。

Well, a Chinese tech giant Tencent has launched a new biometric payment system designed to allow you to leave your keys, cash and credit cards at home.

近日，中国科技巨头腾讯公司推出了一个全新生物识别支付系统，旨在让你摒弃钥匙、现金和信用卡，实现轻装出行。

Those who do not quite fill their present places are dead weight upon society, government, commerce, and industry; they must be carried along by others at a great expense.

最终，这些人只会成为政府，制约社会、经济以及工业良性发展，而社会上其他人还必须耗费大量物力和财力才能拉动他们一起前进。

You have all my heart yet, I believe; and because you bear with me, who am in truth a drag upon you, I owe you thanks. Yes, go alone and shine.

我相信，你仍然拥有我全部心；因为你这么容忍我，我现在成了你一个，所以我应该感谢你。好，你一个人高高兴兴地去吧。

Skills in description, dialogue, and character development all boil down to seeing or hearing clearly and then transcribing what you see or hear with equal clarity (and without using a lot of tiresome, unnecessary adverbs) .

叙事技巧、对话以及人物塑造最终都要落到实处，就是要看得清听得真，然后用同样清晰和真切把你所听所见记录下来（无须动用不必要副词）。

'I suppose, ' said Stephen, 'that a man who can neither sit in a saddle himself nor help another person into one seems a useless incumbrance; but, Miss Swancourt, I'll learn to do it all for your sake; I will, indeed'.

“我想，”斯蒂芬说，“一个既不能自己坐在马鞍上又不能帮助别人上马人似乎是一个无用；但是，Swancourt 小姐，为了你，我会学会做这一切；我会，确实如此。