His sets were simple, sometimes sinister assemblages of wide shallow steps and narrow columns.

他的布景很简单 有时是由又宽又浅的台阶和狭窄的柱子组成的灾难性组合。

I went past them, past the door of the little waiting room on the float, towards the shallow steps at the landward end.

我从他们身边经过， 经过花车上小候诊室的门， 走向靠岸尽头的浅台阶。