1. The editor at once sent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.
    编辑立即给那位记者发去传真，要求他核实一下台阶的确切数字和围墙的高度。

2. He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.
    于是他又发了一份传真，通知那位记者说，若再不迅速答复，将被解雇。

3. However, he had at last been allowed to send a fax in which he informed the editor
    不过，他终于获准发回了一份传真。在传真中他告诉编辑，

4. A week later, the editor at last received a fax from the journalist.
    一周之后，编辑终于接到记者的传真。

5. And it isn't that easy to call or fax from the office: the waiting list for phone lines has from one to two million names on it.
    而且在泰国，从办公室往外打电话或发传真并不那么容易：待装电话的名单上有一、二百万个名字。