On the other hand, the critic Michael Wood has pointed out that Nabokov didn't lose Russian. He didn't lose it on the way while he was riding the boat; he decided to stop writing in it.

另一方面，批评家，迈克尔·伍德指出,纳博科夫没有完全失去俄语，当他划船的时候,他意识到这点，他决定停止写作。

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Oh, the crew team. It's rowing. It's a very big sport here.

哦，赛艇队。划船。这是这里一项很盛大的运动。

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