Karen's room badly needs redecorating; the wallpaper looks as if it had been put up before the Flood.
卡伦的房间很有必要重新装修一下，壁纸看起来都成古董了。When he was showing me his cabinet of art curios his face lighted up like the door of a coke oven.
当他给我看他放艺术古董的房间时，他的脸亮堂了，像炼钢炉门口燃烧着焦炭。Should I try to fit in a bit better? Or must I remain an ageing curiosity, a sort of embarrassing elderly relative? Help.
我应该试着合群一点吗？还是该继续当一个老古董，一种类似于年长亲戚的尴尬人物？帮帮忙！They want items that are solid and genuine with a story behind them, not something mass-produced that just looks like an antique.
他们希望物品的背后有着精彩和真实的故事，而不是大规模生产，仅仅看起来像一个古董。Take yourself out to lunch or to a movie, or simply spend an afternoon reading, browsing in a bookstore, or antiquing.
自己外出享用一顿晚餐或看一场电影，或只是花一下午的时光来阅读、逛书店或古董店。Candy : Wow, so how much did it cost then? (Breaks the antique plate) I'm sorry.
坎蒂：哇，那么它到底值多少钱？（摔破古董盘）我很抱歉。Stephen Williams, chief executive of Antique Wine, said the US had become "a major source market" over the past six months.
伦敦古董酒公司（AntiqueWine）首席执行官史蒂芬-威廉姆斯（StephenWilliams）称，在过去6个月中，美国已经成了“一个主要的供应市场”。Ronald unexpectedly inherited a priceless antique but it was unfortunately stolen from his house the next week.
罗纳德意外地继承了一件价值连城的古董，但不幸的是，下一个星期它就从他家里被偷走了。A wealthy matron is so proud of a valuable antique vase that she decides to have her bedroom painted the same color as the vase.
一名富有的主妇对自己拥有的一个颇有价值的古董花瓶非常自豪，因而她决定把自己的卧室也绘成跟花瓶相同的颜色。