1. At first, the water felt cold. It helped her wake up. 开始水有点冷,不过这倒可以帮她清醒清醒。
2. "Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water," he warns. He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave garbage behind. 他警告说,“这个社会的管道和理论都会出问题。”他也许还应进一步要求人们既尊重经济学家又尊重垃圾工;不然的话,他们都会在身后留下垃圾。
3. "Excuse me," you say, "but I must go now and seek water." "对不起,"你说,"我得走了,得找水去。"
4. Asked to reveal her secret, she said: "I poured it in a plastic bag and dipped it in ice water." 当被问道有什么秘诀时,她说:"我把葡萄酒倒进塑料袋里,再把袋子浸入冰水中。"
5. A billion years later, the planet had cooled, and the continents and the great bodies of water had formed. 10亿年后,这个星球冷却下来,于是形成了大陆和大片大片的水域。
6. Study of a globe shows that the oceans actually form one continuous body of water. 仔细看一下地球仪就可以发现, 海洋实际上是一大片连成一体的水域.
7. Susan: Good heavens! It´s raining. That´s means you needn´t water the garden. 苏珊: 天啊! 下雨了. 这就是说你不需要浇花园了.