1. If there is an earthquake, there will be lots of fragments of broken glass. 发生地震时会有大量的玻璃碎片。
2. If one of my family happened to come to the front of the house in time to see me, of course the conversation would be rudely broken off. 如果正赶上家里人碰巧来到房前见到我,他们当然就会毫不客气地打断我们的交谈。
3. Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. 森林火灾时常由破碎的玻璃或人们随手扔掉的香烟头引起。
4. For a few moments there was just total silence, suddenly broken by the telephone ringing. I remember wondering who was on the other end of the line. Nobody answered the telephone, so it just kept on ringing and ringing, in this otherwise (不然) deathly 接着,两个戴面罩的人走到柜台前,一越而过,开始让银行司库和办事员往他们的包里装现金。就在这两个人在那里拿钱的时候,站在门口拿枪看着我们的那一个显然开始有些着急了,他开始嘴里骂骂咧咧地催促那两个人抓紧时间,快点离开。