1When I go around on speaking engagements, they all expect me to assume a Quaker-Oats look.
2The door was unlocked. She went inside and sat in a stupor. She was near collapse, barely able to move her swollen feet.
3“It is true that the enemey won the battle, but theirs is but a Pyrrhic victory.”said the General.
4 dirty-yellow sky had threatened rain all day and a hollow stillness hung over the valley.
5I pulled up a chair and sat down. I sat with my legs wide apart at first. But this struck me as being irreverent and too familiar. So I put my knees together and let my hands rest loosely on them.
解析：
1应邀外出演讲时，他们都指望我摆出一付毫无表情、一本正经的面孔。
2没锁上，她走了进去，呆呆地坐了下来，极度的衰弱几乎使她无力挪动她那红肿的双脚。
3说：“敌人确实赢得了战斗，但他们的胜利只是皮洛士的胜利，得不偿失。”
4天色昏暗，整天都像要下雨的样子，空荡荡的山谷一片寂静。
5椅子挪过去坐下，开始两脚分开，但我突然觉得这样显得不尊重，太不拘礼节，便把两膝并拢，把双手随便地放在膝盖上。
