As she said these words her foot slipped, and in another moment, splash! she was up to her chin in salt water.

她说话时， 突然滑倒了， “扑通”一声， 咸咸的水已经淹到她的下巴了。

Carroll, Lewis / Alice's adventures in Wonderland卡罗尔 刘易斯 / 爱丽丝梦游仙境

爱丽丝梦游仙境

卡罗尔 刘易斯

Alice's adventures in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

© 1901, by Harper & Brothers

He called from the foot of the stairs: 'Half past seven!'

他在楼梯下面喊道：“七点半了！”

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

Gore told the world in his Academy Award-winning movie (recently labeled “one-sided” and containing “scientific errors” by a British judge) to expect 20-foot sea-level rises over this century.

戈尔在他赢得奥斯卡奖的电影（这部电影最近被一位英国法官认定为是“片面”和包含“科学谬误”的）里告诉世界说在本世纪海平面将会上升20英尺。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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Seeing it, she stamped her foot with impatience. 'Of course she had to catch me in my coarse apron, and a dirty face!

“自然啦， 穿着这围售裙， 肮脏着这个脸鼻， 便给她碰着了！

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

John McCain, the likely Republican presidential nominee for president, likes to say that he was a “foot soldier” in the Reagan Revolution.

极有可能获得共和党总统提名的约翰·麦凯恩（John McCain）总喜欢说自己是里根革命中的“普通一兵”。

© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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© Project Syndicate 1995 – 2011

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So wily was he that he had not trusted himself upon foot, but he had availed himself of a cab so that he could loiter behind or dash past them and so escape their notice.

他可真狡猾，连走路都觉得不可靠，他为自己准备了一辆马车，这样他就能跟在后边逛来逛去，或是从他们的身旁猛冲过去，以免引起他们的注意。

Conan Doyle, Arthur / The Hound of the Baskervilles柯南 道尔 / 巴斯克维尔猎犬

巴斯克维尔猎犬

柯南 道尔

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Conan Doyle, Arthur

© 1901, 1902 by A. Conan Doyle

And she did feel the peculiar, withering coldness under it all; like the soil of Labrador, which his gay little flowers on its surface, and a foot down is frozen.

她很觉得那种社会的下去， 有一种怪异的令人畏缩的冷酷；象拉布拉多地土壤一般， 地面上生长着一些愉快的小花朵， 可是一尺以下却是冰冻的。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

She glanced at the big, hollow sandstone slab of the threshold, now crossed by so few feet.

她望着门槛上那块带洞的大石板。 现在这门槛上跨过的脚步是这么少了。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005

When he rose, he kissed both her hands, then both her feet, in their suède slippers, and in silence went away to the end of the room, where he stood with his back to her.

当他站起来的时候， 他吻着她的双手， 吻着她的穿着羔羊皮拖鞋的双脚。 默默地走开到房子的那一边， 背向着她站着。

Lawrence, David Herbert / Lady Chatterley's Lover劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特 / 查太莱夫人的情人

查太莱夫人的情人

劳伦斯, 大卫 赫伯特

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lawrence, David Herbert

© Wordsworth Editions Limited 2005