1. It ´flies´, therefore, but it cannot fly higher----its action depends on the surface, water or ground, over which it rides.
    这样，船就能飞了，但飞不高。它的飞行限决于它所悬浮的水面或地面。

2. If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives.
    如果不把他们尽快救到地面上来，他们就有可能丧生。

3. It was all so new, all so exciting, and we both thought, on the surface at least, that ours was an ideal marriage with every indication that it would last forever.
    一切都是多么新鲜、多么令人兴奋。而且我们俩人都认为-至少在表面上是如此- 我们的婚姻是理想婚姻，而且一切迹象都表明是会天长地久的。

4. In a marsh, the surface water can sink slowly down through the soil into the rock below.
    在沼泽地里, 地表水会通过土壤慢慢地渗透到下面的岩层里。

5. I was the one who had been blind, my eyes merely skimming the surface of things.
    其实盲的人是我，我看事物只是在表面一掠而过。