吉辛《一个穷的绅士》：
Perforce a vegetarian, he found that a vegetable diet was good for his health.
一个时势造成的蔬食者，他发觉了素菜是于他的健康有益的。
原文：
He became aware of the prices of things to eat, and was taught the relative virtues of nutriment. Perforce a vegetarian, he found that a vegetable diet was good for his health, and delivered to himself many a scornful speech on the habits of the carnivorous multitude. He of necessity abjured alcohols, and straightway longed to utter his testimony on a teetotal platform. These were his satisfactions. They compensate astonishingly for the loss of many kinds of self-esteem.
他明白了要买的东西的价钱，知道了食物的相对价值了。一个时势造成的蔬食者，他发觉了素菜是于他的健康有益的，他因之对他自己做过了多次的轻蔑那些肉食人的习惯的演讲。他又是一个时势造成的戒酒者，他真渴望一天能在禁酒会的讲坛上倾吐他的证见。这些是他的满足，惊异的将许多自重的损失都补偿了。
