Ancestor

She's always late. Her ancestors arrived on the June Flower.
她總是遲到，她的祖先乘六月花號到達。
注：美洲大陸第一批人是乘May Flower號船到達的。這里是說她們家祖上就有遲到的習慣，別人的祖先都坐“五月花號”，她的祖先偏要坐“六月花號”。

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious[榮耀的] ancestors is like a potato --- the only good belonging to him is under the ground.
除了榮耀的祖先外沒有什么可吹噓的人就象土豆——他唯一的財產在地下。
注：Small potato是指小人物。有些人老愛說“我父親怎么怎么樣，我爺爺怎么怎么樣”，就象阿Q一樣。

Mr. Binks: One of my ancestors fell at Waterloo.
Lady Clare: Ah? Which platform?
Mr. Binks：我的一個祖先戰敗在滑鐵盧。
Clare女士：哪個站臺？
注：拿破侖兵敗滑鐵盧。Fall：跌倒；戰敗。這位女士還以為Binks先生說他的祖先從站臺上摔了下去呢。