他来到这个国度时，身无分文。但是仅仅几年之后，他已拥有大量的钱财。 He came to this country without a penny, but after only a few years, he's already wallowing in money and property.
对你来说，这是一次有益的经历，因为这能使你在这个新的国度里获得经验。 It was good experience for you, for it enabled you to find your feet in the new country.
在这个国度里，你再也不易见到这种略似古代护胫的高明用具——这就出问题了：足球季节应该出现的激动人心的场面跑哪儿去了呢？ In this country you will not easily see the remote likes of Greaves again--which is the problem: Where are the exciting prospects a football season should produce?
爱尔兰，是个可能发生的事情决不发生、而不可能发生的事情又常会发生的国度。 Ireland is a country in which the probable never happens and the impossible always does.
