1. Whenever we answered incorrectly, she pointed a long stick at us and, shaking it up and down, shouted, "No! No! No!" 每当有谁回答错了,她会用长教鞭指着我们,上下挥舞着,大喊道:“错!错!错!”
2. White-faced and shaking, Charles stared after him. “But … but … what about … the police?” he finally was able to say. 脸色惨白的查尔斯还在发抖,他盯着侍者离去的身影,半晌才说出话,"可…… 可是…… 警察呢?"
3. My knees are shaking, my heart is beating wildly and my head is enclosed in a crash helmet (防撞头盔) that seems much too thin. 我的双膝发抖,心狂跳不止,头戴的防撞头盔看上去似乎太单薄了。
4. Imagine a pen attached to the weight in such a way that its point rests upon a piece of paper on the floor. Imagine an earthquake shock shaking the floor, the paper, you and your hand. 假定把一支笔拴在重物上,笔尖落在地板上的一张纸上,假定地震发生了,地板、纸、你和你的手都会动,重物和笔都却不运动。
5. It did seem like sky diving, except that there is no diving involved; I floated at about the same level in the tower for the whole bone-shaking ride. 在这惊心动魄的整个过程中,我在高塔内几乎差不多的高度上飘动。