However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor that the he had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to the fifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.

不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，就在他数通向15英尺高的总统府围墙的1，084级台阶时，被抓了起来。

One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.

玛丽最珍贵的财产之一就是丈夫送给她的一只白色小羔羊。

You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.

同时不能理解为什么有人一见章鱼就恶心。

They located the right chimney by tapping at the walls and listening for the man's cries.

他们通过叫击烟囱倾叫声而确定传出声音的那个烟囱。

When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university, he immediately telephoned the police and informed them that two students dressed up as workmen were tearing up the road with a pneumatic drill.

最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，马上打电话报告警察，说有两个学生装扮成工人，正在用风钻破坏路面。

If it is not, and you are likely to get seasick, no form of transport could be worse.

如果大海肆虐起来，你就可能晕船，那种难受劲儿是任何一种别的旅行的方式都不会带来的。