1. The article began: ´Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president´s palace.´
    文章的开头是这样的："几百级台阶通向环绕总统的高墙。"

2. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from!
    有的是高层的窗槛从上往下坠落。

3. The Great Pyramid is over 450 feet high today, and it was once higher.
    今天我们看到的大金字塔有450多英尺高，过去还要高一些。

4. They can survive in this region of little water, little shade, and high day-time temperature.
    它们可以在这个缺水、少荫和白昼高温的地区生存。

5. The annual flooding is caused by the melting snows on the high Ethiopian plateau, from where the Nile originates.
    尼罗河发源于埃塞俄比亚高原，那里融化的冰雪致使河水年年泛滥。

6. Thirty yards of board fence, nine feet high.
    三十码长的木栅栏，九英尺高。

7. They are wearing high heels this year.
    今年她们在穿高跟鞋。

8. The thinner and higher the heel, the greater the risk of foot and back problems.
    鞋跟越细、越高，引起足、背疾病的风险就越大。

9. There is a story that holds that high heels were first brought to America by a famous New Orleans madam who discovered that she could charge twice as much when a woman wore high heels.
    有一种说法，说高跟鞋最早是由新奥尔良州的一位名媛带到美国来的,她发现自己穿高跟鞋时身价倍增。

10. That's what makes women walk differently and look differently in high heels.
    这也就是使女人们在穿高跟鞋时走路的样子和外表气质显得与众不同的东西。