雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第4章:彼岸新星(37)
He suggested going on the 16th and on the 18th we left.
A man called Wannier attached himself to the party at the last moment.
一個叫做萬尼爾的人在出發前加入了我們，Probably just as well; I always quarrel if I go on holiday with one companion.
這樣挺好，因爲我與一個同伴獨處時，總是會爭吵起來。
It was charming of Maurice to ask me to join him.
莫瑞斯很熱情地邀請了我，He has been very kind to me whilst I have been here.
假期中他也對我很友好。We spent the first few days at a cottage where we were the only guests.
我們在一個村子裏待了幾天，那裏只有我們幾個遊客。Afterwards we moved to a place where there were several Commonwealth Fellows and others of various nationalities.
然後我們去了別處，那裏還有另外幾個來自英聯邦的研究員，也有一些其它國家的。Why we moved I don't know, but I imagine Maurice wanted more company.
我也不知道爲什麼我們要改去那裏，我想可能是莫瑞斯想跟更多的人一起玩。Perhaps Alan wanted Maurice more to himself, for his friend was something of a grown-up Christopher Morcom.
也許艾倫希望莫瑞斯多跟自己玩，因爲他就像是成年的克里斯朵夫·默卡。They drove back through Boston, where the car broke down, and on their return,
當他們開車穿越波士頓時，車拋錨了。在他們回來的時候：Maurice and Francis Price arranged a party with a Treasure Hunt last Sunday.
上個星期天，莫瑞斯和弗蘭西斯·普利斯安排了一個尋寶大派對。There were 13 clues of various kinds, cryptograms, anagrams, and others completely obscure to me.
共有十三種不同的線索，有字謎，密碼，電文，還有一些我不懂的東西，It was all very ingenious, but I am not much use at them.
這些加密方式很巧妙，只是我不經常使用。
