1. It gets worse. The popularity of tennis shoes has led women's feet literally to get bigger — especially wider — but the sizing of shoes hasn't changed.
    情况正变得越来越糟。可网球鞋的普及确实使女人的脚变大了--特别是变得更宽了--但鞋子的尺寸却没有变。

2. In fact, none of the women I talked to were buying shoes to please the men in their lives.
    我和好几位女人交谈过，事实上,其中没有一个女人是为了讨好自己生活中的男人而买高跟鞋的。

3. Fashion culture controlled by models leads us to offer our toes and our check books to satisfy some men's idea of sexy (性感的) shoes.
    由模特儿控制的时装文化引导我们心甘情愿地把我们的脚趾和支票本奉献出来，去满足某些男人关于性感鞋子的想法。

4. For a fee of $15.60 per jump, Tokyo Roof rented me a flight suit, special shoes, gloves, earplugs(耳塞), a crash helmet, a face mask, a tooth guard and a safety harness (but no parachute).
    蹦极跳每次收费15.60美元，"东京屋顶" 租给我一套飞行服，特殊的鞋子、手套、耳塞、头盔、面罩、护牙套、还有一套安全装备（但是没有降落伞）。