Serial passage

serial ['siəriəl;'siriəl]

adj. 连续的;连载的;顺序排列的;分期偿付的; n. 连载小说;电视连续剧;定期刊物;[军]行军梯队;

passage ['pæsɪdʒ]

n. （文章的）一段;经过;通路，通道;旅程，行程;

pass通过+age名词后缀 →通过，通行

You would be well-advised to stay at home tonight.

你今晚还是呆在家里为妙。

May I smoke?

我能抽烟吗？

My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.

玛蒂尔德，我亲爱的朋友。让我告诉你吧。你向我借的那条项链并不是一条真的钻石项链。那条项链根本不值钱。项链中的宝石是玻璃做的。它最多值500法郎。