Anne intended taking up the Second Year work being advised to do so by Miss Stacy; Gilbert Blythe elected to do the same.

安妮打算在斯泰西小姐的建议下从事二年级的工作；吉尔伯特·布莱斯 (Gilbert Blythe) 也选择这样做。

Since the source of dialogue doesn't change, Tony's sitting down and lighting up could take place in the same paragraph, with the dialogue picking up again afterward, but the writer doesn't elect to do it that way.

因为说话的人仍然是大个子托尼没变，那么他坐下来点烟的动作可以写在同一个段落里，之后让他继续往下说，但作者没有选择这种方式。

You seldom pass by the opportunity to slip in some belittling remark about her, so naturally it seems strange to me that you should elect to do the unselfish thing and stay here with her during this shelling.

你很少放过机会不趁势说两句挖苦话，因此我自然会觉得十分奇怪，怎么你居然会做这种无私的事，会在这炮声震天的形势下陪着她留下来了。

And someone else may not give you the chance to do what you were elected to do