I have some difficulty in pronouncing some of the words in English.

我有些英语单词发音不好。

Cabbage seed.

白菜种子。

First of all, it's been improved. And it's bigger, although it's more expensive.

首先，它已作了改进。而且机子较大，尽管价格贵些。

No, I haven't. I read about it in the newspaper. It's also about the man who wanted to end slavery -- Abraham Lincoln.

不，还没有。我在报纸上读过有关的情况。它还讲述了那个想结束奴隶制度的人，即亚伯拉罕·林肯的情况。

By bicycle? From Beijing? That's a long trip.

骑自行车去？从北京出发？这可是长途旅行呀。

Oh, Pierre, how wonderful! But I don't think we can go. I haven't got an evening dress for the ball! And a new dress costs over four hundred francs.

啊，比尔，太棒了！不过，我想我们去不成。我没有参加舞会的晚礼服啊！而一件新的晚礼服得花400多法郎。