Food can be kept for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there.(在北方，食物可以保存很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，因?yàn)槟抢锿ǔ：涓稍铩?

The runaway success of The Pickwick Papers, as it is generally known today, secured Dickens's fame.(如今舉世聞名的《匹克威克外傳》的巨大成功使狄更斯聲名鵲起。)

Easter Island, or Rapu Nui as it is known locally, is home to several hundred ancient human statues—the moai.(復(fù)活節(jié)島（當(dāng)?shù)厝朔Q(chēng)之為拉普努伊島）是數(shù)百座古代人類(lèi)雕像——摩艾石像的故鄉(xiāng)。)

This silly brand doggy doorstop is as practical as it is cute.(這個(gè)傻傻的小狗門(mén)擋很可愛(ài)也很實(shí)用。)

"It wouldn't have been as wick as it is if tha' hadn't done it," said Dickon.(“要不是你來(lái)修剪修剪，現(xiàn)在花園肯定很糟糕。”狄肯說(shuō)。)

In my view, it is just as great an achievement to be a plumber or a bricklayer as it is to be a lawyer or a doctor.(在我看來(lái)，做一名水管工人或者磚匠，同做一名律師或者醫(yī)生相比，所取得的成就是同樣偉大的。)

How can you portray something exactly as it is and at the same time distort it with emotions?(你怎么可能一邊完全客觀(guān)的作畫(huà)，一邊又帶有感情的去使之變形呢？)

As it is, sleep is so undervalued that getting by on fewer hours has become a badge of honor.(事實(shí)上，睡眠被嚴(yán)重低估，以至于在上面花費(fèi)更少的時(shí)間已經(jīng)成為一種榮譽(yù)。)

Milk is sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening.(牛奶不含糖和添加劑，因此營(yíng)養(yǎng)學(xué)家推薦脫脂牛奶作為睡前的最佳選擇，因?yàn)樗畈蝗菀鬃屓税l(fā)胖。)

We were hoping to finish it by next week—as it is, it may be the week after.(我們本希望在下周完成—看樣子可能要下下周才行。)