1. Engineers say a disaster is unlikely in the Chunnel because it wouldn't be flooded by a bomb. The tunnel is too far beneath the sea floor.
    工程师说隧道里不可能发生意外灾难，因为它不可能被炸弹炸开而涌进水，隧道在海底的深处。

2. Beneath his gruff exterior he´s really very kind-hearted.
    他外表粗鲁, 心地却十分善良.

3. The city was even equipped with a drainage system, for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
    城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。

4. The idea of linking England to the European mainland by tunneling beneath the channel goes back to 1802 when an engineer suggested it to Napoleon.
    用海峡隧道将英国和欧洲大陆连接起来的想法最早可以追溯到1802年，当时是一名工程师向拿破仑提出这一建议的。

5. That night she went and sat alone upon a bench that stood beneath an oak tree at the edge of the walk.
    那晚她独自一人坐在路边橡树下的长凳上，

6. His eyes twinkled beneath his bushy brows when he heard some bright sally or pointed retort.
    每当听到某些不同凡响的警句或一针见血的反驳，他那浓眉下的双眼便炯炯发光。

7. As she emerged from her drifting cloud of gun smoke with the water churned to foam beneath her bow, her flags flying, pennants waving, sails filling in the breeze, and the red and gold of her superstructure ablaze with colour,
    当"瓦萨"号从弥漫的礼炮烟云中出现时，船头下浪花四溅，舰旗迎风招展，三角旗随风飘动，微风鼓起风帆，金碧辉煌的船楼闪耀着灿烂的色彩。

8. Neither the people who own stock in the company, nor the officers of the 220 banks that provided history's biggest loan, nor the 3,000 journalists trying to imagine three parallel tunnels beneath 100 feet of water and 130 feet of clay.
    不论是公司的股票持有人，还是提供了历史上最大贷款的220家银行的官员们，或者是3,000名记者，都无一例外。记者们只可尽力想像水下100英尺、泥土下130英尺的三条并行的隧道的状况。

9. It is beneath your dignity to answer such a rude remark.
    你对这样粗野的话给予回答，有伤你的尊严。

10. If there had not been a hard layer of rock beneath the soil, they would have completed the job in a few hours.
    如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。