It was a Sunday afternoon, wet and cheerless; and a duller spectacle this earth of ours has not to show than a rainy Sunday in London.

  • -- Thomas De Quincey 托马斯·德昆西

那是一个星期天的下午,潮湿而沉闷。我们地球上最沉闷的景象莫过于伦敦下着雨的星期天。

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During our stay in London for the first time I was able to establish personal contact with some of the organic chemists, whose work I knew and admired from the literature. I found them most gracious and helpful.

在伦敦逗留期间,我第一次与一些有机化学家建立了个人联系,我从文献中了解并欣赏他们的工作。我发现他们非常和蔼可亲,乐于助人。

I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London.'

我总是担心有一天有人会拍我的肩膀说:“回北伦敦去。”