Did you know that the Empire State Building is short, when compared with many of the skyscrapers today?
你知道吗?帝国大厦如果和召集的许多摩天大厦相比其实并不高。
Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please.
姑妈待佣人在当时算是开明的,从来不让佣人每天工作超过8小时,但他们很难使她称心如意。