" Yes" . Pate had heard the same stories. " But what's the use of a candle that casts no light" ?

" 对。" 佩特听过同样的故事，" 不过不发光的蜡烛究竟有什么用呢？"

Grandet, you are my elder brother, you owe me your protection; act for me so that Charles may cast no bitter words upon my grave!

葛朗台，你是我的哥哥，你应该保护我；为我行动，这样查尔斯就不会在我的坟墓上说出刻薄的话！

He had heard of a city in southern Egypt where, at noon on the summer solstice, the sun was directly overhead and the buildings cast no shadows.

他听说过埃及南部的一个城市，在夏至的中午， 太阳直射在头顶上， 建筑物没有阴影。