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備註：加 * 的單詞是考研詞彙，原文中給出備註的詞彙不需要掌握哦。
說明：本篇文章選自《紐約時報》(The New York Times)。關於排版，我們把重點詞/難詞放在了英文原文後面，輔助大家理解原文。接著才是中文翻譯。避免原先有些同學在自己嘗試翻譯時眼睛老是瞄到中文翻譯的情況~
「Somebody brought sardines to dinner,」 Ward said, 「and when the hostess opened them they were so old that they were no longer edible. And the person who brought them said, 『I’m so sorry you misunderstood—those weren’t eating sardines, those were gifting sardines!』」
*edible /ˈedəbl/ adj. 適宜食用的；(無毒而)可以吃的沃德說，「有客人帶了沙丁魚來赴宴， 當女主人打開時，發現沙丁魚已經過期不能吃了。帶沙丁魚來的那位客人說：『抱歉你誤會了，那不是用來吃的，是用來送人的！』」
It was time for another toast, and Misha had now taken to standing to deliver his words—these ones to absent friends. The vodka was knocked back, chunks of bread were seized and forks were plunged into salty fish. Everyone around the table was pink-cheeked and satisfied. As the afternoon melted into evening, Misha observed, stoically (淡然地), 「Vodka is like a knife. It’s not good, it’s not bad. You can do anything with a knife. Cut meat, cut bread—with a special knife you can make operation. But another knife can kill a person; the knife is not to be blamed.」
take to sth. 開始沉湎於…；養成…習慣
*chunk /tʃʌŋk/ n. 厚塊；厚片；大塊
*plunge sth. in/ into sth. 猛力插入；扎進
該進行下一輪祝酒了。米沙現在已經習慣站著發言了，這些話是說給不在場的朋友的。我們大口喝伏特加，大塊吃麵包，用叉子吃鹹魚。桌上的每個人都喝得面頰緋紅，心滿意足。夜幕降臨時，米沙淡然地說：「伏特加就像一把刀。不好，也不壞。你可以用刀做任何事情。切肉，切麵包，特製的刀還可以做手術。刀也可以殺人，但不能該怪罪於刀。」
He paused. 「So, the same with vodka. It’s a drink, it’s not bad, it’s not good. If you know, you know. Everything is okay.」
他略頓了頓後說，「同樣，我們也不能怪罪於伏特加。飲酒，不能以好壞而論。如你知道這一點，就一切都明白了。」
—The End
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