Details about what led to the workers, being trapped in the elevator weren't immediately available.
目前还不清楚导致这些工人被困在电梯里的具体原因。
The elevator has a strong cable.
电梯的缆绳很结实。
The elevator might look like an egg.
电梯可能看起来像个鸡蛋。
The cable connects the elevator to the Space Station.
缆绳将电梯与太空站连接起来。
Without the elevator, they point out, there could be no downtown skyscrapers or tall buildings in cities.
他们指出，如果没有电梯，城市里就没有市中心的摩天大楼或高楼大厦。
He looked at these people and measured how fast they walk from where their experiment was to the elevator.
他观察这些人并测量他们从实验地点走到电梯的速度。
The elevator operates smoothly.
电梯运行顺利。
Complaining about what happened in the elevator?
去抱怨电梯里发生的事儿？
The elevator makes the ascent only in 70 seconds.
这电梯升这么高只要70秒。
The price of the elevator is somewhat higher than they have expected.
这部电梯的价钱比预计的要稍高一些。
Above: Waiting for the elevator. Forever: "Eraserhead" (David Lynch, 1977).
上图：等电梯：“橡皮头”(大卫·林奇，1977)。
The elevator opens onto a long corridor that leads to only one set of double doors.
电梯门开了，一条长长的走廊只通向一道双扇门。
When I exited the elevator, I was transported into a 19th-century French salon.
当我走出电梯时，我简直就是进入了19世纪的法国沙龙。
So my friend and I get off the elevator, and I’m looking around and I don’t see anybody.
当我的朋友和我走下楼梯环顾四周时，我没有看到一个人。
On the street, in the elevator, at the coffee shop, everyone is staring into a smart phone.
在街头，在电梯间里，在咖啡店中，每个人都开始使用智能手机。
That means taking the stairs instead of the elevator or walking instead of using a vehicle.
也就是说爬楼梯而不是去坐电梯，或者步行而不是坐车。
Is the elevator speech getting a "wow" or is it getting a big sigh? You'll be able to tell.
你将能够分辨你的电梯演说是获得一声赞许还是一声叹息。
They press the up button at the elevators and say hello to guests when the elevator door opens.
他们在电梯门开启的时候，按下按钮，并向客人问好。
She glanced at the nurses waiting with John Doe in the elevator."Go ahead, " she called to them.
她看了看还在电梯里等她的护士们，“你们先走吧”，她大声说，“李医生会给你们指示的。”
An even more telltale sign: Do you take the elevator instead of the stairs to avoid this feeling?
一个甚至更明显的信号：为避免呼吸困难，你不走楼梯而是坐电梯吗？
An even more telltale sign: Do you take the elevator instead of the stairs to avoid this feeling?
一个甚至更明显的信号：为避免呼吸困难，你不走楼梯而是坐电梯吗？
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