I enjoyed the movie very much. I wish I had read the book from which it was made.
电影不错,我希望我读过原著。[wish + 主语 = 过去完成时 = 愿望之事在wish以前发生。]
After switching on powerful arc lights, they saw great stalagmites -- some of them over forty feet high -- rising up like tree-trunks to meet the stalactites suspended from the roof.
他们打开强力弧光灯,看见一株株巨大的石笋,有的高达40英尺,像树干似地向上长着,与洞顶悬挂下来的钟乳石相接。