1·The streets are canals of motionless air fading into infinity like screaming sirens: motionless air, glassy with frost or soft with haze, stirred only by the trams skimming by on their rails.
街道如同一条运河，静止的空气在其中就像发出尖叫的汽笛：静止的空气，霜冻一般光滑，烟雾一般柔软，被徐徐划过的有轨电车的尾部所惊扰。
2·AT EIGHT o’clock on Saturday morning, sirens sounded and tears of relief—and champagne—flowed at the San José gold and copper mine in northern Chile.
周六早上八点,智利北部圣何塞金矿和铜矿汽笛鸣响, 欣慰的泪水沿着每个人的面颊流下,到处充盈着香槟酒的味道.
3·This is the mechanical type of communication, which includes the use of signal flags, the 21-gun salute, horns, and sirens.
这是一种机械式的传播，包含信号旗、21响礼炮、号角、汽笛。
4·At the Dongjie Village in Zhouqu, some 5,000 rescue workers and residents bowed their heads in silence for 3 minutes on the debris of mudslide as sirens and horns wailed at 10 am.
上午10时，汽笛长鸣，在舟曲县城东街村的废墟上，5000多名救援人员和当地干部群众默默肃立，全体默哀3分钟。
5·Nearby in the provincial capital Chengdu huge crowds chanted: "Go China. " Across the country, horns and sirens blared in sorrow. Even rescuers halted their determined but increasingly hopeless toil.
在四川省省会成都市附近聚集着众多群众，他们高呼：“加油”。全国上下警报器、汽笛在悲鸣。连救援人员都暂时停下了辛苦救助工作，虽然他们的决心很大但遇难者生还希望渺茫。