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。

Bleriot had been making planes since 1905 and this was his lattes model.

布莱里奥从1905年起便开始研制飞机，“11号”飞机是他制作的最新型号。

Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either,

狱卒发现自己连一个字也记不住，

Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open.

经弗兰克恳求，古董商才勉强把货箱撬开了。

The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.

馅饼委员会给当地汽车修理库老板打电话，他闻讯后开着一辆急修车前来打捞盘子。

If you are lucky enough to get a sleeper, you spend half the night staring at the small blue light in the ceiling, or fumbling to find you ticket for inspection.

即使你走运弄到一个卧铺，夜间有一半时间你会盯着车顶那盏小蓝灯而睡不着觉；要不然就为查票摸索你的车票。