It's large puppets on long sticks, controlled by puppeteers standing waist deep in the lake.

长棍上有一个大的木偶，由操纵木偶者在及腰的湖水中控制。

It's where the CNN crew was sheltering, about a kilometer from the shoreline, the surge was waist deep and powerful.

这是大约离海岸线一公里处CNN人员的庇护所, 海潮齐腰深而且非常强势。

Most of the way I sank waist deep, almost out of sight in some places.

大部分时间我都下沉到齐腰深， 有些地方几乎看不见了。

Wherever he goes, he's met with fanatical devotion. Men wade waist deep just to get a look at him, women are crying at his feet.

不管到哪儿, 狂热忠诚分子都围在他身旁。男民众卑躬屈膝只为一睹他的真容, 而女人在他的脚下哭泣。