My father is a man of few words, but somewhere deep beneath the surface of him lies a caring character.

我的父亲是一个少言寡语的人，但是在其外表之下内心深处的某个地方保留着关爱他人的品格。

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That said, the noisy battle (above) between man and machine on the planet’s surface—where there is plenty of air—is acoustically perfect.

如果编剧原本将这场人与机器之间吵闹的大战设置在那个拥有丰富大气的行星表面，这一切在声学上就完美了。

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Planting a man on its surface required no big technological innovations, says Mr Logsdon,“just very expensive mastery over nature using the scientific and technological knowledge available in 1961”.

把人送到月球表面并不需要太大的技术投入，用劳杰斯特的话说，“用60年代的科学技术去征服自然，只不是非常昂贵罢了”。

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Many of them question whether cultural phenomena, including destruction layers, cultural-piercing features (man-made structures displaced by surface rupturing, e.g. viaducts), structural damage to buildings, indications of repairs, historical accounts and myths can be reliably used as earthquake indicators.

UNESCO: Tales set in Stone: learning from ancient earthquakes

Out in the middle of the water, he would submerge his imposing frame until only his Gill-Man eyes and nostrils showed above the surface.

ECONOMIST: The Creature from the Black Lagoon

Topography: configuration of a surface including its relief and the position of its natural and man-made features.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y