1.smack v. 摑；用掌擊

I don't smack them, but I sometimes think I should, because the elder two have so much attitude.
我不打他們，但有時我真覺得我該打他們，因為那兩個大的非常不聽管教。

I focus totally on human responses to things; if you smack someone in the face, what would they do?
我關注的完全是人類對事物的反應；如果你摑了某人一巴掌，他們會怎么辦？

2.fathom n. 英尋

It is, in general, hard to fathom what he sees or thinks, which is both the point and a bit of a problem.
總之，很難參透他到底在看什么或是想什么，這既是影片的重點卻也帶來一點問題。

If that's tough to fathom, consider one of the features already built into the device. Say the wearer goes to the grocery store and picks up a box of cereal from the shelf.
如果這樣很難徹底了解，那么請設想一下這套裝置已有的一種功能——我們說如果一個使用者到食品店買東西，他從架子上挑了一盒谷類食品。

3.coil n. 線圈；卷

The burnt coil should be renewed.
燒穿的線圈應換新的。

Boil the oil soiled by the coil in the toilet lest it spoil.
把被盥洗室里的線圈弄臟的油煮開,免得它變質。

4.skiff n. 小艇；小型帆船

First we have the "Pilot of some small night-founder'd Skiff," and the pilot stands ab extra, from outside, in the simile.
首先我們有這句“迷茫深夜中，輕舟的導航人“,并且這個導航人在明喻中，體現為從詩句之外向內眺望。

All lights were out when he sailed into the little harbor and beached his skiff.
當他劃進小港，讓小船沖上沙灘時，岸上的燈火都已滅了。