‘I don't know．Perhaps we could find a cottage to stay in tonight．Can you walk a long way，Tessy？’
“我不知道。也許我們能找到一間今晚住的小屋，苔絲，你能走遠路嗎？”

‘Oh yes！I could walk for ever with your arm around me！’ At midday Angel went to a public house and brought food and wine back to where Tess was waiting in the woods for him．Her clothes were so fashionable that the country people would have noticed her．
“哦，我能！有你的手臂摟著我，我可以永遠地走下去！”到了中午時分，安吉爾到一個酒店買了此食物和酒回來，苔絲就在樹林里等著他。她的衣服這么時新，會引起鄉(xiāng)下人注意的。

‘I think we should keep walking inland，away from the coasts，said Clare，as they finished eating．‘We can hide there for a while．Later on，when they stop looking for us，we can go to a port and get right out of the country．’
“我認為我們應該繼續(xù)朝內(nèi)地走，離開海岸。”當他們吃完東西時，克萊爾說道?！拔覀兛梢栽谀莾憾悴匾欢螘r間。之后，等他們停止搜尋我們的時候，我們可以到一個港口，徑直逃離這個國家?！?/div>

解析： stop doing sth 停止做某事
stop to do sth 停止某事，去做另一件事
eg: You should stop sleeping,because it's 8:00 am already.

But their plans were vague．They were like two children，who think only of the moment．The weather was warm and they enjoyed walking together．However，in the afternoon they did nut find any suitable cottages to stay in，and it was too cold to sleep outside．They had walked about fifteen miles，when they passed a large empty house in the middle of the woods．
可是他們的打算是含糊的。他們就像兩個孩于，只考慮到眼前的情況。天氣暖洋洋的，他們樂于一起走著。然而，到了下午，他們還沒找到一間可以住的房子，睡在外面又太冷了。當他們大約走了十五英里時，他們在樹林中央經(jīng)過了一幢空蕩蕩的大房子。

解析：vague 模糊的、含糊的
eg: It was not a vague idea any longer.
這已經(jīng)不再是個模糊的想法了。

nut 難題；果仁
eg: It is a tough nut for him to crack.
這對他而言是一個難題。

‘All those rooms empty！’said Tess，‘a(chǎn)nd we have no shelter！’
“所有的房間都是閑置著的！”苔絲說，“而我們連個可以遮蔽的地方都沒有！”

解析：shelter 避難所、庇護、遮蓋物
eg: The greatest needs, locals say, are for food and shelter.
據(jù)當?shù)厝苏f，他們最大的需求就是食物和住所。