Pieces of slate are put on the roofs of houses, to keep out the rain. Water cannot pass through slate.

板石片也放在屋顶上, 用来挡雨。水是板石的。

There was a sudden explosion of choking and retching, plus a good deal of thumping, by the sound of it, Dirk had swallowed a fish bone.

在话音刚落，一阵气的吐声了，越来越大。德克强咽下一块鱼骨头。

She had never given him more than perfunctory courtesy before, and so the beaming smile of pleasure with which she greeted him and the two hands outstretched to his almost took his breath away.

她以前对他的态度从没有超出敷衍应酬的范围，因此现在她回报他的那灿然一笑和愉快地伸出的两只手，使他惊喜得来的。