If it were only a gem, I could break it into a hundred pieces and string them into a chain to put on your neck.
假如它是只是一块宝石，我就能让它破碎成千百颗粒，再把它们串成项链佩戴在你的脖子上。I found a good shelter for the demoiselle under a rock, and went off and found another for myself.
我在一块岩石底下给那位姑娘找了个很好的护身之处，又跑到别处给自己找了个地方。I heard of a doctor who bought the words Be Not Afraid cut out of steel. He wanted to hang the phrase in the children's ward of a hospital.
我听说有一位医生买了一块用金属切割成「不要害怕」的字样挂牌，要在儿童病房内挂着这句话。But some said it was a new scar that it had lost its real culture more than had retained the distinguishing building features of shikumen.
有人却说它是上海的一块新伤疤，仅仅是保留了石库门的特色建筑外观而丢失了真正的内涵。Make a lampstand of pure gold and hammer it out, base and shaft; its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms shall be of one piece with it.
要用精金做一个灯台。灯台的座和干与杯、球、花，都要接连一块锤出来。I always avoid trouble if I can. I just took a biscuit myself and went back to my crossword.
能不惹麻烦，我尽量不惹麻烦，我只是拿了一块饼干，又回到我的字谜游上。Printed-circuit boards used to be works of art, and the PCB designer was an artist as well as a technician.
在过去，一块印刷电路板就是一份艺术品，印刷电路板的设计人员不仅仅是一名技术人员还是一位艺术家。A piece of land that projects into a body of water and is connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
半岛：一块突入水域且以地峡和大陆相连的陆地。A watchmaker, an enthusiast, an honest retailer -- any of these will minimize the risks of buying a fine watch.
不管是一位手表工匠，一位爱好者，还是一位诚实的零售商，他们都会让你减少风险，买到一块非常不错的手表。