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15、I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a
couple of hours.
I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails
would, of course, be the main dish.
16、I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room.
Fancy(vt.爱好)=like
Reluctant(adj.不愿意的, 勉强的)=unwillingly(adv.不愿意地, 不情愿地)
To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had
taken complete possession of the hall!
Dismay n.灰心, 沮丧; 惊愕
to our dismay 使我们惊愕的是
take possession of v.占有, 占领
-- The solider take possession of enemies’ fort.(fort n.堡垒, 要塞)
-- terrorist(n.恐怖分子)
embassy(n.大使馆人员, 大使馆)
-- The terrorists took possession of the embassy.