Half an hour later , just by chance , a door-to-door baby photographer rang the doorbell , hoping to make a sale .
刚过了半小时,正巧一个平常以挨家挨户给人家拍摄婴儿照片为生的摄影师上门来推销生意,他按响了门铃。
However , the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach .
可是,男孩太小而门铃太高,他够不着。
He squared his gray derby hat , went up onto the porch , and rang the doorbell .
他整理好头上的灰色礼帽,登上门廊,摁响了门铃。
When the doorbell rang , I at first had no inkling of who was there or what his or her business might be .
门铃响的时候,我并没有料想谁会在那里,或者有何事。
Then you ring the doorbell at patti and phil wolff 's house and discover a fair chunk of sun city 's boisterous population ensconced in their large open-plan kitchen .
我按响了帕蒂及菲尔家的门铃,却发现太阳城的许多居民都在他们家宽敞的开放式厨房中做客。
Don 't try to pretend that you 're not at home ; sitting in the dark listening to the doorbell go every 10 minutes will only make you feel more resentful .
不要试图假装不在家;坐在黑暗中听着每10分钟响一次的门铃只会让你觉得更忿恨。
Yesterday , I was just about to go out , and then the doorbell rang . It was sally , and she invited herself in and stayed for an hour !
昨天我正打算出去,有人按门铃,一看是莎莉。她不请自来,待了一个小时才走!
Night two should get better - but only if you 've remembered before going to bed to unplug your landline , turn off your mobile phone and deactivate your doorbell - and your neighbours don 't decide to indulge in any diy .
In the brave new world of doorbell cams , wi-fi sniffers , rfid passes , bag searches at the subway , and photo lookups at office security desks , universal surveillance is seen as the universal solution to all urban ills .