The eustasy explanation put forward by Rona is also possible.

Listen and practice. Note the rising and falling intonation.

听一听,练一练. 注意语调的升降.

I experienced ups and downs, tears and laughter.

我经历过人生的起落和悲喜.

The traffic patterns around o'hare are very crowded.

奥海尔的起落航线都很拥堵.

The ups and downs of our life balance each other.

我们生命中的升沉起伏互相抵消.

The audience clapped at the end of the play.

剧终时观众鼓掌.

As the stream of people of empty after the show, daughter-in-law and humourously the ground went.

随着散场的人流, 媳妇 谈笑风生地走了出来.甭说眼泪, 她似乎连汗都没出.

While the music goes down and the audience quit, we are trapped in this stage.

音乐减弱,观众散场, 我们困在舞台上.

The theatres let out.

戏院散场了.

Yes, I think so. People are beginning to leave.

好的, 我看也差不多了, 大家都准备散场了.

Life is a drama, always finish at a time!

人生是一场戏, 总会有散场的时候!

I began to hope that the farce was at an end.

我真恨不得这出滑稽戏就此散场.

The story and finally a finish at a time.

故事,终有散场的时候.

When the play was over, he had another drink.

戏散场了他又去喝了一通.

Well, it's too late to go in now-the play has already started!

嗯, 现在太晚了,戏已经开演了,我们进不去了.

Broadway wasn't that crowded on this cold winter night, even though it was near theater time.

百老汇在这个寒冷的冬夜, 即使在戏院的夜场开演时刻,也并不那么拥挤.

The curtain had been raised on a new act.

新的一幕戏剧已经开演.

What rot that it is not open on Sundays!

星期天老不开演真是荒唐!

We can pick up the tickets an hour before the play begins.

我们可以在话剧开演前一小时去取票.

A magnificent way to initiate the 1999 concert season.

这次伟大的表演拉开1999年音乐季的序幕!

Between them they have produced a startling reduction in poverty and inequality.

是他们一起为巴西的反贫困和反不平等拉开了序幕.