Paris is the capital and largest city of France, situated on the River Seine.(巴黎是法國的首都，也是法國最大的城市，坐落在塞納河畔。)

The fugitive could not have thrown himself into the Seine without being seen by the man who was following him. What had become of him?(這個逃亡者不可能在跳入塞納河或爬上河岸時不被跟蹤的人望見，他到哪兒去了呢？)

What was he intending to do, if not to throw himself into the Seine?(除非是想跳進塞納河，不然去干什么呢？)

Thanks to RATP's logo, a stylised image of the River Seine now adorns hundreds more: most Londoners neither know nor care.(現在，典型的塞納河形象的法國公交公司標志又裝飾著數百輛的公交車：大多數的倫敦人對這件事既不了解也不關心。)

On the banks of the Seine, La Tour d'Argent - or Tower of Silver - is the oldest restaurant in Paris.(飯店位于塞納河畔，又被稱為“銀塔”，是巴黎歷史最久的飯店。)

The French call the Seine le fleuve civilisateur, the civilizing river.(法國人把塞納河稱為“lefleuvecivilisateur”，即文明之河。)

Why? Was he about to arrive suddenly at the Seine?(這是為什么？他是否突然會到達塞納河？)

The ridge which the soil of Paris forms on its right bank empties one of its water-sheds into the Seine and the other into the Grand Sewer.(巴黎在河右岸有一處是驢背形的地勢，兩邊都是斜坡，其中一邊的污水瀉入塞納河，另一邊流入總渠。)

Antoine Grumbach proposes to build the Greater Paris along the Seine right up to the harbour of Le Havre.(安托萬?戈巴克建議沿塞納河直到勒阿弗爾港建設大巴黎。)

Debussy used to gaze at the River Seine and the golden reflections of the setting sun to establish an atmosphere for creativity.(德彪西常常盯著塞納河和落日的金色反光來建立一種創造性的氛圍。)