I had read a news story about Edinburgh residents singing a Proclaimers song called Sunshine on Leith from their balconies.

我曾读过一则新闻，说丁堡居民在阳台上唱着普罗克莱门兄弟的《在阳光灿烂时》。

Then this is where I would come back to, you know. This would be my baseline. I'd be back in Leith.

接着，这里就会是我回去的地方，这里会是我的底线，我会回到斯。

" It is lovely for pedestrians and bikers to be able to share the streets, " said resident Leith Steel on the roads that are still closed.

“行人和骑自行车的人能够共享街道是很令人愉快的，”在还关闭着的道路上，居民斯·斯蒂尔(Leith Steel)说道。

More than a thousand pair of Shetland stockings are annually imported into Leith, of which the price is from fivepence to seven-pence a pair.

每年有一千多双设得兰丝袜进口到斯， 价格从五便士到七便士一双。

On the morning itself Mr Higgs discreetly left his flat in Edinburgh, took a five-kilometre bus ride to Leith and vanished for a few hours.

当天早上，希格斯先生小心翼翼地离开了他在丁堡的公寓，乘坐五公里的巴士前往斯，失了几个小时。

In about the same time a ship navigated by six or eight men, and sailing between the ports of London and Leith, frequently carries and brings back two hundred ton weight of goods.

大约在同一时间，一艘由六到八个人驾驶、在伦敦港和斯港之间航行的船，经常运载和运回两百吨重的货物。

But the sailors who sail from the port of London, seldom earn above three or four shillings a month more than those who sail from the port of Leith, and the difference is frequently not so great.

但是从伦敦港出海的水手，很少能比从斯港出海的水手每月多挣三四先令，而且往往相差不大。

Fashions in children's literature tend to have great " swerves" says Mr Leith, followed by " massive over-compensation" .

思说，儿童文学的潮流往往有很大的“转变”，随是“大规模的过度补偿”。

" There is a sort of tug-of-war through the history of children's writing between instruction and delight, " says Sam Leith, author of " The Haunted Wood" , a book about children's literature.

“在儿童文学写作历史中，存在着一种在教益和娱乐之间的拔河比赛。”《闹鬼的森林》的作者山姆·思说，这本书是关于儿童文学的。

There is the child being read to and the adult doing the reading: " The very best children's books… work on both levels." Fashions in children's literature tend to have great " swerves" says Mr Leith, followed by " massive over-compensation" .

一方面是听故事的孩子， 另一方面是阅读故事的成年人：“最好的儿童读物… … 在两个层面上都行得通。 ” 斯先生说， 儿童文学的流行趋势往往有很大的“偏差”，随是“大量的过度补偿” 。