1·Alarmed at the first sound, we hit the dirt.
第一声警报一响我们就迅速卧倒。
2·The soldiers hit the dirt the moment they heard the machine gun fire.
士兵们听到机枪开火时，马上卧倒隐蔽。
3·The company drilled 45 new wells last year and hit pay dirt on nearly two-thirds of them.
埃克森美孚去年新打了45口钻井，其中近2/3都有斩获。
4·Lightning struck close to the truck below us, next to the dirt road we had driven up. Dad worried aloud that lightning might hit the truck.
雷电袭击在我们留在下面的卡车附近，紧挨着它又袭击了已经驱车而来的那条山傍土路，爸爸担心闪电可能会击中卡车。
5·When astronaut Alan Shepard took his first swing at a golf ball on the moon, he hit more dirt than ball.
当宇航员艾伦·谢泼德在月球上打出第一杆高尔夫球时，他扬起的更多是的沙尘。
6·The farmer peered down into the well, and was astounded by what he saw.With every shovel-full of dirt that hit his back, the donkey would shake it off and take a step up on the new layer of dirt.
农夫向井里望去，他被眼前的景象惊呆了：每当有一锹土落在驴背上的时候，它就会把土抖掉，踩在脚下。
7·As every shovel of dirt hit his back, the donkey did something amazing.
每当泥土落在老驴身上的时候，驴都在做一件令人不可思议的事情。
8·Then all of a sudden the truck slid sideways and ran completely off the dirt road, hit the ditch and began rolling over and over.
突然间卡车滑向路边，完全滑出了泥泞的大路，撞着排水沟，一连翻滚了几下。
9·But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back a thought struck him.
但是当农夫和他的邻居们不停铲土，泥土打到它背上时，老骡有了个想法。
10·With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.
每一铲脏土击落在驴子的身上，它立即做一个令人惊异的运动——抖擞一下，将身上的泥土撒落，再踏上一步。