As a priest and policeman talked to her through loudhailers from the street, John and his colleague quietly made their way up the stairs of the six-story building to the roof.

当一位牧师和警察在街上通过扬声器与她交谈时，约翰和他的同事悄悄地爬上了这栋六层楼的屋顶。

They bellowed orders at us through loudhailers.

他们用手持喇叭筒向我们大声下命令。

Even the normally ubiquitous store workers with loudhailers are absent.

甚至正常情况下到处可见的拿着大喇叭的商店工作人员也不见了。