Mike likes to write by the nice bright light at night.
迈克喜欢晚上在柔和明亮的灯光下写作。
It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.