1. After reading the letter, he threw it in the waste-paper basket.
他看了信之后，把它扔进了字纸篓。
2. He sat down on the chromium-plated swivel-chair, scribbled a few words on a slip of paper, then crumpled it up and threw it into the waste-paper basket. He hesitated, his pen poised.
说完，吴荪甫就坐到他的纯钢转椅里，拿起笔来在一张信纸上飞快地写了一行，却又随手团皱，丢在字纸簏里，提着笔沉吟。
3. Unthinking, he threw his lighted match into the waste-paper basket.
他想也没想就把燃着的火柴扔进了废纸篓里了。
4. He tore up the letter angrily and threw it into the waste-paper basket.
他气愤地把信撕掉，扔进字纸篓里。
5. But he has been thrown into the parchment waste-paper basket of history.
但他已经被丢进了历史的废纸篓。