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《三个火枪手》大仲马 （1802-1870） 主人公达尔大尼央是一个外省的贵族子弟达达尼昂(有音译为达尔大尼央)，来到巴黎后加入了国王路易十三的火枪队，并与另外三个火枪手结成了莫逆之交。王后安娜与英国首相白金汉有私情，安娜送了一串钻石坠子给白金汉；而与王后为敌的首相黎塞留却派人去英国偷得坠子上的两颗钻石，想使王后在舞会上出丑。达达尼昂自告奋勇与三位朋友一起去英国，几经周折终于取回坠子，保住了王后的名节。
musketeer: a foot soldier armed with a musket (步兵，火枪手） delve：investigate for information; search (发掘，调查研究） recess: a secluded, withdraw, or inner place (幽深处）
Expressions on the rocks: in or into a condition of ruin or catastrophe(婚姻）破坏的，失败的 eg：Tim's marriage is on the rocks. get out the bed on the wrong side: to be cross or grouchy 早晨起来便心情不好 Colloquial expressions 俗语
Sentences Perhaps it is because of my upbringing in English pubs that Ithink bar conversation has a charm of its own. Perhaps it is because I have spent so much of my time in English pubs that Ithink bar conversation has a special charm. 或许由于我从小混迹与英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒吧里的闲聊别有韵味。
Bar friends are not deeply involed in each other's lives Bar friends are not deeply involed in each other's lives. They are companions, not intimates. They meet each other for a drink in the bar, but they are nt intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed in each other's lives. 酒馆里的朋友们对彼此的生活毫不了解，他们只是临时的伙伴，相互之间并无深交。
他们之中也有人面临婚姻破裂，或恋爱失败，或心情不佳的事，但别人根本不管这些。 To compare a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks. metaphor to be in a bad mood; to feel irritable . The fact that their marriages may be on the rocks, or that their love affairs have been broken or even that they get out of bed on the wrong side is simply not a concern. It is not a matter of interest or importance if their marriages are breaking up, or their love affairs have been broken or they are just in a bad. 他们之中也有人面临婚姻破裂，或恋爱失败，或心情不佳的事，但别人根本不管这些。
They are like the musketeers of Dumas ......thoughts and feelings. Simile They are like the musketeers of Dumas ......thoughts and feelings. Bar friends, like the three musketeers in Dumas' novel, do not probe into each other's lives nor do they try to find out the deep thoughts and feelings of their drinking companions. 他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然朝夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摩别人内心的秘密。
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