脚步声

ROME, April 7 - The body of Pope John Paul II has lain in state this week in St. Peter's Basilica. But it has hardly been peaceful with 18,000 people shuffling by each hour - especially when the majority were Italians wielding cellphone cameras.

这个星期，教皇保罗二世的遗体被安放在圣彼得大教堂里，但每小时18000人—尤其当其中大多数是带着摄像手机的意大利人时—拖沓慢行的脚步声让其难以安宁。

On the exclamation of the doctor and the cry of the father, the servants all fled with muttered imprecations; they were heard running down the stairs and through the long passages, then there was a rush in the court, afterwards all was still; they had, one and all, deserted the accursed house.

听到医生的绝叫和那父亲的哭喊，仆人们喃喃地祈祷着离开了。只听见他们脚步声奔下楼梯，穿过长廊，冲入前庭，他们都已逃离这座受天诅咒的房子。

I hear Sir Michael's step in the anteroom;"you will meet him as you go out, and you may as well tell him that you are going up by the first train to-morrow morning to get my dress from Madame Frederick for the dinner at Morton Abbey."

我听到迈克尔爵士在前客厅的脚步声；你出去时会遇到他，你不妨也告诉他，你明天早晨坐头班车到弗雷德里克夫人那儿去取我的衣服，我到莫顿修道院参加宴会时要穿的。

The footfalls below approached the ladder. Simon wedged himself back off the aisle into a space between two musty plaincloth sacks that smelled and felt like they might be full of old linen.

下面的脚步声走近了梯子，Simon倒退着，挤进了过道，来到两堆发霉的平纹织物的袋子间，从味道和触觉上看，里面应该装满了旧亚麻布。

It was a noisy, crowded street in the daytime; but a silent, lonesome street at night, when the gas-lights, few and far between, partook of the character of lighthouses rather than of illuminants, and the tramp, tramp of the policeman on his long beat seemed to be ever drawing nearer, or fading away, except for brief moments when the footsteps ceased, as he paused to rattle a door or window, or to flash his lantern into some dark passage leading down towards the river.

这是一个嘈杂，拥挤的街道在白天，但无声，寂寞街道在夜间，当气灯，寥寥可数，对灯塔字符友人而不是照明，与流氓，流浪汉的警察他的长队似乎是以往任何时候都越来越近，或逐渐消失，除了脚步声停止时，短暂的时刻，他停下来手摇铃一门或窗口，或到一些闪光通往黑暗的河流通过对他的灯笼。

It was a noisy, crowded street in the daytime; but a silent, lonesome street at night, when the gas-lights, few and far between, partook of the character of lighthouses rather than of illuminants, and the tramp of the policeman on his long beat seemed to be ever drawing nearer, or fading away, except for brief moments when his foot steps ceased, as he paused to rattle a door or window, or to flash his lantern into some dark passage leading down towards the river.

那座房子在一条很长很直、棕褐色的街道上。那条街白天喧闹拥挤，可到了晚上却显得很僻静，只有几盏稀稀拉拉的煤油灯，远远的，与其说是路灯，倒更像灯塔。还有警察巡逻时重重的脚步声，时而越来越近，时而渐渐远去。偶尔也会有短暂的停留，那是他们在拨弄一扇门或窗，又或是将他们的提灯照向通往河边的那些黑暗的街道。

She called her once more, though she heard her coming—called her in the deep chest voice with which she used to sing, and listened to the sound.

她听见了杜尼亚莎的脚步声，她用唱歌的胸音又叫了一声，自己仔细倾听这个声音。

At that moment a heavy footstep was heard descending the wooden staircase that led from the upper floor, and, with many bows and courteous smiles, mine host of the Pont du Gard besought his guest to enter

这时，那座通到楼上去的木头楼梯上发出一阵沉重的脚步声，小客栈的店主连连鞠躬，带着客气的微笑，出现在门口。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。