Okay, now before I start reading the passage I look at the first set of questions.

好了，在我开始读这篇文章之前，我先看一下第一组问题。

The prom is an important rite of passage . I didn't want you to miss anything.

舞会是重要的成年仪式。我不想你错过了。

The passage I read about him said that he was as great as the British poet William Shakespeare.

我读过一篇关于他的文章说他和英国诗人威廉·莎士比亚一样伟大。

Two hansoms were standing at the door, and as I entered the passage I heard the sound of voices from above.

两辆双轮双座马车停在门口。当我走进过道的时候，我听到从楼上传来的声音。

My health is somewhat fragile, he remarked as he led the way down the passage. I am compelled to be a valetudinarian.

当他引导我们走出甬道的时候，他道：我的身体太弱，我只好算一个病人了。

'It's the ghost! ' Annie said. 'In the passage.I saw him. He came through the wall in front of me. And… and I saw his face! '

“有鬼！”安妮说，“在走廊上，我看到了他。他穿过墙壁来到我的面前。我还… … 还看到了他的脸！”

" This isn't the passage I wanted, " he informed them, " there is another much funnier, further on" . He turned over the leaves.

“这不是我想要的段落，”他告诉他们，“还有一段更有趣，在更远的地方”。他翻了翻树叶。

We shall go down into the underground passage, I shall disappear and people will say that I got through another outlet, known to myself alone!

我们将进入地下通道， 我将消失，人们会说我通过了另一个出口， 只有我自己知道！

On our passage I was constantly reflecting on my situation, and consulting with myself on the best course to pursue in order to effect my ultimate escape.

在我们的航程中，我不断地反思自己的处境，并与自己商量最好的路线，以实现我的最终逃脱。

" We'll take this (editors never say I) , if you don't object to a few alterations. It's too long, but omitting the passages I've marked will make it just the right length, " he said, in a businesslike tone.

“我们准备接受这篇东西（编辑从来不说我），如果你不反对做一些改动的话。它太长了，不过删掉了我做了记号的那些段落，就能使它的篇幅正好合适了，”他以一种生意口吻说道。

But I was overwhelmed with embarrassment when I said to the maid the phrase I had prepared, and while I waited for the answer in a dark passage I had to call up all my strength of mind not to bolt.

尽管如此，在我对使女讲起我事前准备的一套话时，我还是窘得要命。当我在幽暗的过道里等着回话的当儿，我不得不鼓起全部勇气才没有中途溜掉。

Assuredly, this writing was not intended for the public, and yet, in many a passage, I seemed to perceive the literary purpose — something more than the turn of phrase, and so on, which results from long habit of composition.

可以肯定的是，这篇文章不是为公众而写的，然而，在许多段落中，我似乎感觉到了文学目的——不仅仅是词组的变化等等，这是长期写作习惯的结果。