One day, one of the zoo workers came and took Alex away.(一天，動物園的工作人員來了，把亞歷克斯帶走了。)

Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.(亞歷克斯一時因憤怒和絕望幾乎說不出話來。)

Eels are cooked over a beech and oak fire at Dutchman Alex Koelewijn's smokehouse.(在荷蘭人亞歷克斯·科勒維恩的熏制室里，在山毛櫸和橡木火上燒制鰻魚。)

Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of wine.(亞歷克斯躍起得太猛，以至于打翻了他的那杯葡萄酒。)

His face was expressionless, but Alex felt the unspoken criticism.(他面無表情，但亞歷克斯感覺到了他無言的批評。)

Lynne made desultory conversation with Irene and Alex.(琳恩與艾琳和艾利克斯漫談。)

Alex was a giraffe who lived in a zoo with his mum, dad and other giraffe friends.(亞歷克斯是一頭長頸鹿，他和他的媽媽、爸爸和其他的長頸鹿朋友住在動物園里。)

"Why, Alex, I'm just going put the pretty flowers you brought me in a vase," she said in dulcet tones.(“為什么，艾利克斯，我剛要把你昨天買給我的漂亮鮮花放到花瓶里去呢，”她用悅耳的聲音說到。)

The zoo worker calmed Alex down and gave him some food.(動物園工作人員讓亞歷克斯冷靜下來，并給了他一些食物。)

"This ought to be fun," he told Alex, eyes gleaming.(“這應該會有趣。”　他對亞歷克斯說著，兩眼閃著光。)