His mother shook her head slightly on the pillow, looking past his face at the ceiling, as if she did not want to embarrass him by confronting his lie.

母亲在枕头上微微摇了摇头，眼睛望着他头后面的天花板，似乎不想戳穿他的谎言来让他难堪。

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The most frightening thing was that all the roof panels were shaking like crazy. Everyone was looking up at the ceiling thinking it was going to cave in.

最恐怖的事情是所有的屋顶疯狂的摆动，每个人都看着天花板，想着它会不会破。

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Ideally, swimmers want to have their heads rest in a neutral position, looking straight up at the ceiling, their ears submerged.

理想状态是，运动员应该把他们的头部放在一个中间位置：眼睛注视垂直方向，耳朵则刚刚没入水中。

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He found his answer by looking up, deciding to extend the ceiling's subtle, white-on-white pattern down two walls to the soffit level on one side and nearly down to the floor on the other.

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