1. My Berlin diary for December was limited tofour words.我12月2日 柏林日记只有四个词。
be limited to：仅限于，限制在……范围之内，又如：
eg：His stay in the city is limited to 4 days a month. 他每个月在这座城市只可停留4天。
eg：Their reading is limited to computer science and telecommunications.
他们阅读的范围仅限于计算机科学与（远距离）电讯。
2. The Foreign Office stillholding up my passport and exit visa which worries meDid my last broadcast from Berlin tonight.外交部仍然压着我的护照和出境签证，真叫人担心。今晚在柏林进行了最后 一次广播。 注意日记体的特点。写日记的目的一般是记录下对自己来说比较重要的事件，只要自己能看明白就 行，所以往往用省略句。第一句省略了谓语动词一部分is，第二句主语I省略。日记中的I经常省略，又如第四段 中的Got my passport and official permission to leave tomorrow.有时主语和动词全省略，如 （I had） Nothing to do but pack.
hold up：使延误，阻止，
eg： The storm held up our flight for 40 minutes. 那场暴风雨使我们的航班延误了40分钟。
eg：They had been held up on the road by an accident so they were late.
他们在路上因一起车祸而耽误了时间，因此迟到了。
eg： I do hope my application for leave won''t be held up too long.
希望我请假的申请尽早批下来。
which worries me是定语从句，关系代词 which代表整个主句的意思
eg： He said he was busy， which was true. 他说他很忙，这倒是真的。
eg： James Watt watched a steaming kettle for quite a while， which rather annoyedhis aunt.
詹姆斯？瓦特楞着看那冒气的水壶看了好长一段时间，这使他的姑妈很恼火。
2. “……Nothing to do now but pack.”—— ……The only thing that remains to be done is packing. 省略， （I had） Nothing to do but pack.
Nothing （to do） but 除了…什么也不能做，只能
eg： He could do nothing but wait. 他只能等。
eg： he boy did nothing at home but watch TV. 这孩子在家里除了看电视什么也不做
pack （up）： to put things into cases， boxes， etc. for taking somewhere or for storing.装，打行李，准备行装
eg：I forgot to pack my toothpaste. 我忘把牙膏装在行李里。
eg：We''re off to Greece tomorrow and I haven’t even started packing yet.
明天我们就要去希腊了，可是现在我还没有开始收拾东西呢。 Unpack打开（包裹，行李，箱子）
4. For weeks I had thought over how toget my diaries safely out ofBerlin.几个星期以来我一直在考虑如何安全地把我的日记弄出柏林。
had thought过去完成时，表示一直在考虑
think sth. over/ think over what， when， how， etc.： consider sth. carefully before reaching a decision
（决定之前）仔细考虑，
eg：I hope you''ll think the matter over. It’s a big decision to take. 希望你仔细考虑这件事，这可是个重大的决定。
eg：He lay in bed， thinking over what to do next. 他躺在床上琢磨下一步该怎么办。
eg：Whatever you do， you must think it over before doing it. 不管你做什么，都要三思而后行。
get（sth./ sb.）out of： move （sth./ sb.）out of把……弄出来
eg： The fire brigade managed to get all the children out of the burning building.
消防队员们把所有的孩子从那栋正被熊熊大火吞没的楼房救了出来。
eg：We must get these rare animals out of the place before the flood.
我们必须赶在洪水到来之前把那些珍稀动物撤走。
eg：The door wouldn''t open， and five people couldn’t get out of the lift.门打不开了，有五个人在电梯里出不来。
eg：The driver could not be got out of the car because of the damaged door.
由于车门受损，无法把驾驶员从车里弄出来。
5.There was enough in them to get me hanged ——if Gestapo ever discovered them.—— They would kill me for what I had written about Nazi Germany in my diaries. 是盖世太保发现了我的日记，那里面有足以把我送上绞刑架的内容。
Gestapo： the secret police force used by the state in Germany during the Nazi period. the Gestapo：臭名昭著的纳粹德国时期的秘密警察，希特勒镇压、残害进步人士及犹太人的工具，罪恶昭彰。
Get sth. done= have sth. done， to get me hanged，修饰enough.绞刑是纳粹德国时期实施死刑的重要方式。
eg：We must get everything arranged before the meeting.我们要在会议前把一切安排好。
eg： Hang， hung， hung挂， hang， hanged， hanged 上吊，绞刑
6. The morning I got my passport and exit visa I realized I had less than twenty-four hours tofigure outa way of getting my Berlin diaries out.
我拿到护照和出境签证的那天上午，我就意识到我只剩下不到24小时，在这么短的时间必须想出办法，把我的柏林日记带出德国。
figure out： to think about a problem or solution until you find the answer or understand what has happened 想出办法，计算出
eg：Can you figure out how to start this machine？ 你能想出如何启动这台机器的办法吗？
eg：It took me hours to figure those algebra problems out. 我花了几个小时才解出那些代数题来。
7.Suddenly， later that morning， the solution became clear. I suddenly thought of a way to solve the problem later that morning. / I suddenly figured out a way to solve the problem later that morning.那天上午晚些时候，办法突然明朗了。
Solution：the way to solve a problem解决办法
8.It was risky， but life in the Third Reich had always been risky. It was worth a try.—— It was very dangerous， but life in Nazi Germany was full of risks. It was worth trying.这个办法要冒很大的风险， risky冒风险的 risk （doing） 冒风险
eg：He risked getting arrested gathering the materials. 他冒着被捕的风险收集这些材料。
be worth （doing） sth值得
eg： The story is worth reading. 这个故事值得一读。
eg： The film is worth seeing. 这部电影值得一看。
9.I laid outthe diaries in two big steel suitcases I had bought.
lay sth. out： spread sth. out把……摊开/放下
eg：Lay out the map on the desk and let''s find the location of the town.
把地图在书桌上摊开，咱们找找那座小镇的方位。
eg：He laid out the knives and forks on the table. 他把刀叉摆放在餐桌上。
10.Over them I placed a number of my broadcast scripts， each page of which had beenstamped by the military and civilian censorsas passed for broadcast. 在日记的上面我放了一些广播稿，这些广播稿的每一页都盖有军方和文职新闻检查官的印章以示予以通过，可以广播。
which had been……是定语从句，修饰a number of my broadcast scripts.
as passed for broadcast 作主语 each of which的补足语。
在相应的主动语态的句子里则作宾语的补足语。请比较下列例句：
eg： The censors stamped the scripts as passed for broadcast.检查官在稿子上盖了章批准广播。
eg：The president signed his application for retirement as approved.校长在他的申请书上签了批准他退休。
eg： His application for retirement was signed by the president as approved.他的退休申请书校长签字予以批准。
as 后面可跟名词、形容词、分词等。
11.On top I put a few General Staff maps I had picked up from friends. 在最上面我放了几张多从朋友那里搞到的总参谋部使用的地图。
pick up：得到，弄到；买到，
eg： ——Where did you pick up that nice little mobile phone of yours？ 你从哪里买到你那个漂亮的小手机？
eg： ——It goes with my job.我工作单位发的。
eg：Mr. Jones picked up a few valuable stamps in that small shop.琼斯先生在那个小店里买到几张很有价值的邮票。
eg：Cf. pick sb. up 接某人，让某人搭车
eg：So we were in our twenty-first night adrift-the night in which the tramp Croton finally picked us up.
原来我们已经进入了第二十一夜的海上漂流，也就是后来“克洛顿”货船把我们从海上救起的那天夜里。
12.there would be no time for Gestapo officials at the airfield togo over the contents. 机场的盖世太保不会有时间检查箱子里装的东西。
go over：检查， 复习
eg：You must go over your paper carefully before handing in it. 在交试卷前要认真检查一下。
13.I had a couple of suitcases full of my dispatches……
full of充满……，满… The room is full of smoke.
dispatch： a report sent to a newspaper from one of its writers who is in anothertown or country，
n. 报道，急件，快信 v. 派遣，派出
eg：This is a dispatch from our West African correspondent. 这是我们西非的记者发来的报道。
eg：The UN dispatched a peace-keeping force to the African country.联合国向这个非洲国家派遣了一支维和部队。
14.Could they take a look now， if I brought them over； and they approved， put a Gestapo seal on the suitcase so I wouldn be held upat the airport？我要是现在拿过去他们能否检查一下？如果他们觉得没 有问题，能否在箱子上打上盖世太保的印章，以免我在机场耽搁？（这是两个特殊的间接疑问句，用的是疑问句 的语序，但没有引号。这种叙事方法简练、生动，在文学作品中常见。）they approved前省略了if， put前省略了Could they，so引出目的状语
hold up：使延误，阻止
15.Wasn''t I tempting fate： how could these hard-nosed Nazi detectives help but smell out the diaries beneath my broadcasts？—— I was doing something very dangerous. Perhaps those very strict Nazi detectives would sense something and dig/inspect deeper. Then they would definitely find my diaries beneath the broadcasts. 我这不是在拿性命开玩笑吗？（作者打完电话又开始犹疑起来。）那些精明的纳粹侦探怎么可能不嗅出广播稿下 面的日记呢？（他们只要往下一翻，还能看不到我的日记吗？）
tempt fate/ providence： take a risk冒险，玩命
eg： The bike brakes don''t work. If you ride downhill， you’ll be tempting fate.
这辆自行车的闸不灵了。你要是骑它走下坡，那你就是玩儿命。
hard-nosed精明而讲究实际的，（犬等）嗅觉不灵的，顽固的，丑陋的
（1） can''t help but do sth.：不可避免会做……；忍不住做……
eg：He can''t help but reject the offer if there are strings attached. 如果有附带条件，他不可能不回绝。
eg：We couldn''t help but laugh when we heard his story. 听了他的故事，我们忍不住大笑起来。
（2） smell sth./ sb. out：嗅出，（口语）探出，
eg：The dog smelt out drugs in the suitcase. 那狗闻出了箱子里的毒品。
eg：The legendary detective is said to be able to smell out murderers. 据说那个传奇式的侦探能嗅出杀人犯。
16. Maybe I had just better begin toflush them down the toilet. Maybe I had better tear them to pieces and throw them into the toilet and flush them down. 或许我最好还是现在就动手，把日记扔进马桶冲掉。
flush sth. down the toilet：用抽水马桶冲掉
eg ： Mary accidentally flushed her ring down the toilet. 玛丽不小心把她的戒指掉到抽水马桶里给冲走了。
17. On the other hand ……I calculatedthat the secret police would seize the General Staff maps. 我估计秘密警察会没收那些军用地图。
19. The they would look at the layers of my broadcast scripts and I would point tothe censors'' stamps of approvalon each page. 他们会检查那一摞摞的广播稿，那我就会指着每一页上检查官所盖的批准的印章。
point to指向，指着
eg：He pointed to the box and asked， “whose it is？” 他指着这个箱子问，这是谁的？
approval， n. approve， v. 指着，同意
eg：Some contracts need not only be signed by the two sides but also be approvedby some leaders in charge.
有些合同不仅需要双方的签字，而且还需要有些主管领导的批准。
20.That would be this make a Gestapo official sit up and take notice The censors'' stamps of approval would immediately
make sb. sit up （and take notice）：（口语） 使……吃惊，使……吓一跳；使警觉，引起……的注意
eg：The strange noise made all of us sit up and take notice. 那奇怪的声音使我们都警觉起来。
eg： A few strange personal ads in the paper made Bob Sugg sit up and take notice， and he helped smell out a series of burglaries.报纸上几则蹊跷的个人启事引起了鲍勃？萨格的注意，他协助（警方）查出了一系列入室盗窃案。
21. It would give me prestige in his eyes， or at least make me less suspectforeigner though I was.—— This would make me look important in his eyes， or at least reduce his suspicion even though I was a foreign journalist. 尽管我是外国人这也会让他对我刮目相看， 至少也能减少他对我的猜疑。
it指上句所提的内容（他们对那些印章注目）
prestige： the respect and importance a person， organization， or profession has， because of their high position in society， or the quality of their work威信，威望，声誉
eg： He is a man of high international prestige.他是一个有着很高国际威望的人。
suspect adj.：信不过的；可疑的。the suspected：嫌疑犯
foreigner though I was： though I was a foreigner，是正式的用法。
22. I was going togamble on their inspection ending there， before they dug deeper to my diaries.—— The success of my plan would depend on their stopping the inspection when they saw the stamped broadcast scripts and not going further to find what was beneath the scripts. But this was a great risk to take.我要把宝押在他们的检查到此为止上，而不再往下翻到我的日记。
gamble on sth./ doing sth.：希望成功而冒着失败的危险做……，压赌注
eg：You shouldn''t gamble on one exams. 你不应该把命运压在一次考试上。
eg：He called for another vote， gambling on getting more support.
他要求再举行一次投票，冒着失败的危险寻求更多人的支持。
eg： You shouldn''t gamble on the supply of spare parts arriving promptly.
你可不能把赌注全押在零件能立即到位这一点上。 在这个句型中，gamble后面的动名词表示的是主语的行为（如getting more support），如果不是就需要在动名词的前面加上一个名词短语作其逻辑主语，如their inspection和 the supply of spare parts.它们的行为分别是 ending和 arriving.
23. The feared Gestapo， I knew， was really not veryefficient. It was true that the Gestapo were much feared. But they were not as competent as they were thought to be.我知道那些令人畏惧的盖世太保并非真的很能干。（注意挖苦的口吻。）
Efficient， adj.能干的，有效率的efficiency， n.效率
24. Everything at Gestapo headquarters worked out as I had planned.在秘密警察总部，一切都按照我的计划顺利进行。
work out： develop in a specific way按……发展；产生结果；成功
eg： Their experiment worked out differently. 他们实验产生了不同的结果。
eg：Things did not work out as well as we expected. 情况的发展不如我们预料的那样好。
eg：Their marriage did not work out. 他们的婚姻并不成功。
25. They had been very valuable to me in reporting the army''s great victories. I realized I shouldn’t take out General Staff maps.这些地图对我报道军队的伟大胜利非常有用。我认识到我不应该把军用地图带出德国。（对付盖世太保作者采用了两个手法， 一是假意赞扬，二是主动“认错”，二者均十分奏效。）
valuable to对……有价值，有用
eg：These materials are valuable to him in studying the ancient culture. 这些资料对他研究古代文化非常有价值。
26. every page， as you see， stamped for approval by the High Command and two ministries. 你看，每一页都盖有最高指挥部和两个部门的批准印章。
every page stamped……在every page与stamped之间省略了has been.
the High Command： the Supreme Command of the German Armed Forces德国武装力量最高指挥部的简称。
27. I could see they were impressed. I could see that the stamps of approval made them look at me with some respect.
impress： to feel great admiration for留下印象
impress upon/on one''s mind/memory把…印在脑海/记忆中
eg： I''m very impressed with the new airport. 新机场给我的印象很好。
eg： What impressed me most is the beautiful scenery and the kind people there.
给我留下最深印象的是那儿美丽的风景和善良的人们。
eg： He impressed what the teacher said to him upon his mind. 他把老师对他说的话记在脑海中。
Impression， n. eg： What''s your first impression about the city？ 你对这个城市的第一印象如何？
28. They put their hands in a little deeper，each man now looking intoa suitcase. Soon they would reach the diaries. 他们两人把手往深处伸去，一人检查一个箱子，很快他们就会摸到日记。
each man now looking into a suitcase为独立主格分词结构，做伴随状语。
look into调查，检查
eg：A group was organized to look into the case. 成立一个小组来调查这个案件。
29.Furthermore， several people canconfer What a fool！—— When their hands almost reached my diaries， I regretted having taken this risk and blamed myself for getting myself into this critical situation/delivering myself into the hands of the Gestapo officials. What a foolish thing I had done， I thought to myself.我觉得我浑身开始冒汗，我这是自投罗网，真是个大傻瓜！
（in a） jam： a difficult or uncomfortable situation处境困境 eg： We are in a real jam. 我们的麻烦大了。
be/ get （oneself） into a jam：（使自己）处境困境或尴尬。
30. “All the way to Paris，” I said. “A great army it was， and a great story for me. It will go down in history！ ”“This great army provided me with a lot things to report. What it has accomplished is going to be recorded in history.” “一直追踪报道到巴黎。”我说。“真是一支了不起的军队，对我来说是极好的新闻素材。这支军队的业绩将会载入史册。”（又是一番假 意赞扬的话使情况有了转机。）
all the way/ the whole way： during the entire journey； during the whole period of a time一路上；自始至终
eg： In order to catch the 8.20 bus， he ran all the wafy to the stop.
为了赶8点20分那趟公共汽车，他一口气跑到车站。
eg：The defendant kept silent all the way through the trial. 被告在审判过程中自始至终没有开口。
34. Obviously he was checking 很明显他是在与盖世太保总部核实。
Obviously，adv. 很明显
Check： 制止，控制，检查，核对
check against， 检查，核对
eg： They are checking the machine against the instruction. 他们正对着说明书检查这台机器。
check in登记，报到
eg： They checked in at Beijing Hotel. 他们在北京饭店办理登记手续。
check out，办清手续后离开，付帐后离开
eg： They must pay for the charge before they check out. 他们在办理手续离开之前必须先付费。
check up（on） 检查
eg： The manager is checking up the work. 经理在检查工作。
35.At the customsthere was literally a herd of officials.—— Note the derogative use of the phrase“a herd of officials”， showing the author''s hatred for Nazi officials because “herd” is the collective noun for animals. 注意“a herd of officials”的贬义用法，表明作者对纳粹的仇恨。
the customs（复数指海关）go into the customs报关
How long will it take us to go into the Customs.我们报关需要多长时间。
36. I was free at last to the ticket counter to check my luggage. —— At last I was through with the customs， and could go to check my luggage. After that there would be no more hazards/danger to encounter. 我终于没事了，可以去托运行李了。
be free to do sth.：不受限制做……；得到允许做……
eg： You are free to express yourselves at the meeting. 你们在会上可以畅所欲言。
eg： All students who have returned from abroad are free to come and go. 从海外归国的留学生来去自由。
eg： In this family the children are free to decide what they would like to do.
在这个家庭里孩子们可以自由决定做自己想做的事。
check one''s luggage （AmE） check in one’s luggage （BrE）
eg： to leave one''s luggage at the ticket counter so it can be put on a plane 托运行李
eg： Any luggage over 5 kilos must be checked. 超过五公斤的行李都要托运。
37.“Where to？” a Lufthansa man aasked.“目的地？”一个汉莎航空公司的工作人员问道。
Lufthansa：指1926年成立的德国汉莎航空公司。该公司于1945年战争结束时停止营业，1951年正式清理。其继承公司——汉莎航空公司于1953年1月在科隆成立，由当时的西德联邦政府、德意志全国铁路公司和北莱茵一威斯特伐伦州合办，此后又接纳私人投资。
38. The thought ofthe German airline delivering my diaries to me safely in Portugal， beyond the reach ofthe last German official who could seize them， extremely pleased me.——（I was very pleased/It satisfied me greatly to think that it was the German airline that would take my diaries out of Berlin safely to Portugal， where no German official would be able to seize them.）由汉莎这个德国航空公司把我的日记平安发给我送到葡萄牙，再也没有任何德国军官可以没收了，想到这里我感 到万分得意。
the （very）thought of （doing） sth.：（表示“想到……引起某人的强烈的情感”）一想到……
eg： The thought of seeing his old friend excited him.
The thought of being promoted as the department manager made him stay up late last night.
eg： The very thought of going home filled him with warmth. 想到回家浑身温暖。（going home表示he的行为。）
eg： The very thought of his aging parents living alone made him sad.
一想到他年迈的双亲自己单过他感到难受。（living alone不是he的行为，而是his parents的行为。）
beyond the reach of sb./ sb.''s reach：手所够不到的地方；超越……的职权、控制、能力等
eg： All dangerous things should be placed beyond children''s reach. 一切危险品都要放在孩子们够不到的地方。
eg： Finally he found salesmanship was beyond his reach. 最后他终于发现他搞不了推销。
39.The airport tower kept postponingthe departure of our plane. The departure of our plane was put off again and again.
Keep doing：反复做，不停地做 postpone： to put off推迟
eg： He decided to postpone his visit until the following day. 他决定把访问推迟到第二天。
40.But I had to do something to relievethe tension.——但我必须做些什么来放松自己。
eg： I had to do something to make me relaxed.
relieve the pain/the pressure减轻痛苦/压力
relieve sb. of sth.： to take away sth. （usually unpleasant feeling or a difficult task）from sb.
eg： A baby-sitter will relieve you of the burden of taking care of your children all day.
找个临时看孩子的会减轻你整天照料孩子的负担。
eg： A porter relieved her of the three large cases. 搬运工替她搬了三个大箱子，省了她的事。
41. I started to glance at the morning papers I had bought automatically on arriving at the airport. 我开始浏览到达机场时无意买的那些晨报。
glance at/ over/ through： read sth. quickly or not thoroughly浏览
eg：Would you glance at the newspaper story about the event？ 你把个事件的这篇新闻报道浏览一遍好吗？
eg：I''ve just glanced through the book， and think it’s worth being translated into Chinese.
我把这本书浏览了一遍，觉得值得翻译成汉语。
On arriving： as soon as they arrived， on seeing， on getting home，
eg： Finally he found salesmanship was beyond his reach. 最后他终于发现他搞不了推销。
42.“I don''t have to read any ofthis trash anymore I thought.我想：”我再也不必读这些陈词滥调了！“
don''t have to ：needn’t； not any more不再……
this trash： 这里指纳粹德国的报纸宣传希特勒的纳粹思想、德国军队的“伟大胜利”等等。 在柏林期间，为了了解动态，为了从字里行间捕捉信息，作者不得不阅读这些报纸。
43……I wouldn''t have to put up withanything more in the great Third Reich.—— 我再也不必忍受那个伟大的第三帝国的一切了。
put up with： to accept an unpleasant situation or person without complaining忍受
eg： I can''t put up with their quarrelling anymore. 我再也受不了他们的争吵了。
和上句一样，作者连用两个any或以any-开头的词，表示强调。
great一词是纳粹报纸用得最多、最滥的词，这里是反语。
44. I had only to hold out this one more day， and the whole nightmare for me would be over， though it would go on and on for millions of others. I had just one more day to endure， and then for me the nightmare would come to an end. However， for millions of other people the nightmare would continue. 我只要再把这一天忍过去，噩梦就会过去了，可是对于千千万万的人来说， 噩梦还要继续下去。
hold out：坚持，不退让 nightmare： a terrible experience噩梦 on and on： without stopping没有停顿
eg： The rain went on and on， as if it would never stop.
雨没完没了地下着，好像永远也不会停止似的。 这里and引出的从句表示结果。
45.We had survived the Nazi horror and its mindless suppression of the human spirit. 我们幸免于纳粹的恐怖和灭绝人性的镇压。
Mindless suppression of the human spirit： suppression of anything contrary to the Nazi ideology and the killing of
people because they were different， esp. Jews and Gypsies灭绝人性的镇压
46.Even for the great mass of Germans who supported HitlerI felt a sort of sorrow. They did not seem to realize what the poison of Nazism was doing to them.—— Deeply poisoned by the Nazi ideology， they didn''t seem to know what harm it was doing to their minds. 即使是对众多支持希特勒的德国人我也感到某种悲哀。他们似乎并没有认识到纳粹主义这个毒物对他们的蛊惑。
Adolf Hilter： 阿道夫？希特勒（1889.4.20——1945.4.30），纳粹德国元首，第二次世界大战的头号战犯，1933年任总理，1934年后称元首，对内实行法西斯专政，对外进行侵略和扩张，发动了第二次世界大战。他命令在欧洲建立起许多灭绝人类的集中营，在德国和德军占领区估计有450万至550万犹太人惨遭杀害，其他民族死于他的屠刀之下者也不计其数。在苏军攻打柏林之际，他于1945年4月30日凌晨自尽。
The poison of Nazism： here Nazi ideology is compared to poison
