for she had sixteen watertight compartments.

因为船由16个密封舱组成，

As I expected, he did not believe me.'Try it!' I said encouragingly.

“你就闻一闻吧！”我催促说。

One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter.

人们以为，这些演员一定会把台词背得烂熟，绝不会临场结巴的，

After chipping through a wall which was eighteen inches thick, they found that a man had been trapped in the chimney.

他们凿透了18英寸厚的墙壁，发现有个人卡在烟囱里。

But the claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.

但某地当局为打捞一只焙制馅饼的盘子提出索赔，倒是件新鲜的事儿。

We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side.

我们轻轻地把他唤醒，请他把我们摆渡过溪。