Collecting matchsticks was fun, until that fateful day one of them caught alight.
收集火柴是一种乐趣,除非一天其中一根火柴不幸燃烧起来。
the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
一会儿工夫,狱卒重新登台,拿来一副眼镜以及平时使用的那封信,然后为那囚犯念了起来。