Constrictions

I'd rather walk than take a taxi.

我宁愿走路去，也不愿坐的士去。

Silence is learnt by the may misfortunes of life.

沈默是通过生活中的许多不幸而学会的。

When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.

最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。