I've often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom.

我经常在想，为什么人们看到一个大肚腩商人踩在香蕉皮上滑倒，跌倒屁股着地的照片会发笑。

Snow was falling on the mountain tops.

山顶上正在下雪。

The snow is falling on the yacht.

雪花正飘落在帆船上。

Even today, microscopic meteorites continually bombard Earth, falling on both land and sea.

即使是现在，微小的陨石仍在不断地撞击地球，然后落到陆地上和大海中。

The Mid-Autumn Day, falling on the 15th of August in the Chinese lunar calendar, is a traditional Chinese holiday for family members and loved ones to gather together.

中秋节在中国农历的8月15日，是一个家庭成员和亲人团聚在一起的传统节日。

Raindrops keep falling on my head.

雨点不停地落在我头上。

Their pleas seem to be falling on deaf ears.

但现在看来他们的请求只是进到聋子的耳朵里罢了。

In many countries corruption is falling on every count.

在很多国家，行贿在各个方面都在逐渐减少。

"All the risk is falling on the consumer," a Whitehall source said.

“所有的风险都落到了消费者的身上，”一位白厅消息人士说。

It is freezing, and more snow is falling on already frozen streets.

现在已经是冰天雪地了，更大的雪正飘落在已冻僵的街道上。

He will be like rain falling on a mown field, like showers watering the earth.

他必降临，像雨降在已割的草地上，如甘霖滋润田地。

However, most of the ash is falling on the ground and in the ocean near Iceland.

不过，大多数火山灰都落到了冰岛地面和附近的海域里。

Heavy rains began falling on El Salvador on Saturday night as the storm moved through.

周六晚间，暴风在萨尔瓦多过境时，带来了暴雨。

He felt something falling on his head, and then he knew nothing about what happened later.

他觉的什么东西落到了他头上，后来发生了什么事就不知道了。

The photodetector then produces a signal defining how the light falling on it changes over time.

随后光电探测器将产生一个信号，定义落在它上面的光量如何随时间变化。

This tax—principally falling on the working poor— would raise $500m, by Mr Patrick's calculation.

据帕特里克先生推测，这项税收可以筹集到5亿美元，主要来自低收入工作者身上。

Photo Tip: if photographing indoors, window or door light falling on the subject can be beautiful.

摄影小贴士：在室内拍摄时，透过窗户或门照在被摄者身上的光线是很美的。

A person with his back to a bright window will have light reflected from an opposite wall falling on him.

如果一个人站在明亮的窗户前，对面的墙壁会反射部分光线落在人身上。

An ice feature which looks like a face, is caused by dark coloured cryoconite deposits falling on the ice.

看上去好像一张脸的冰貌由落在冰面的深色冰尘沉积物组成。

He tried carting along a remote-controlled helicopter, but it kept falling on him from a shelf in the truck.

他试过随车携带一架遥控直升飞机，但这架直升飞机总是从卡车里的架子上掉到他身上。