They have pleasant mouths turned up at the corners, to which the great Master of Marionettes has fixed the strings and he holds them in his nimblest fingers to twitch them at the slightest jest.我不知道to which 在这里是什么用法，为什么译文会在这里翻译成就像木偶大师?
...lternative types of agriculture emerged, all involving different solutions to the Southwest’s fundamental problem: how to obtain enough water to grow crops in an environment in which rainfall is so low and unpredictable that little or no farming is practiced there today.(1) all involving different...
Whenever he buys something, whether it be drinks or snacks ,he remembers to share with his buddies.这句话也可以改为be it结构的倒装让步状语从句， Whenever he buys something,be it drinks or snacks ,he remembers to share with his buddies.我在语法书中看到的内容说，这...