Mr. Gradgrind was extremely discomfited by this unexpected question. 'Well, my child, ' he returned, 'I—really—cannot take upon myself to say'.

葛雷格林先生被这个出乎意料的问题弄得极度不安。 “好吧，我的孩子，”他回答说，“我——真的——不能说出来”。

I just came into this new job and I work for a law firm, and one of the things that I have taken upon myself is to be the liaison between our law firm and our IT security company.

我刚刚进入这份新工作，在一家律师事务所工作，我承担的一件事就是成为我们律师事务所和我们的 IT 安全公司之间的联络人。