期间，姨妈对她非常宠信，因而委以主管家内仆役之重任。

4. Aunt Harriet could not find word to praise Bessie s industry and efficiency.

Harriet姨妈难以用适当的语言来赞扬Bessie的勤奋和工作效率

5. In addition to all her other qualifications,…

出去她所具有的全部优点外，还。。

6. Not only was the meal well below the usual standard,…

不仅菜肴明显较平时为差。。。

well：在这里是一个副词来修饰below

7. Though this occasioned great mirth among the guests,..

虽然逗乐了在座的客人。。

8. The guests, had of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for

them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.

然而，客人在Bessie为他们开门之际就已察觉这一点，在这场灾难最终降临前，他们一直竭力忍住不笑。

第48课 The Silent Village

1. In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of palces which are inaccessible to

tourists.

在这个旅游频繁的世界上，仍有成千上万个不容旅游者涉足其间。

2. But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own

countrymen can be hostile to travelers.

但是，那些不但与外国旅游者隔绝，而且与本国同胞隔绝的人们有可能对游客抱有极不友好的态度。

3. This was more than we could bear,…

这让我们无法忍受。。。

4. We expected the path to an abruptly, but we found that it traced its way through the

trees.

我们原以为小路会到此突然终止。没想到它到树林中继续向前延伸。

trace its way: 类似的有wind its way

5. In it there was a boat man fast asleep.

fast asleep: 类似的有sound asleep

倒装句式。

一船夫酣睡其中。