The town clerk has assessed that house at$ 20000.

这个市政办事员估计那座房子的价值为两万美元。

If you are chosen town clerk, forsooth , you cannot go to Tierra del Fuego(1) this summer: but you may go to the land of infernal fire nevertheless.

如果你真的被选为镇书记，这个夏天你就不能去南美洲的火地岛；不过地狱之火的滋味你倒不会少尝。