Disappointingly, the whole place was much like here, but with no sense of time and with everything "strung out further" in the thinner atmosphere.

那地方跟这里也差不了多少，只是没有时间感，因为空气稀薄那里的东西都“拉得长长的”，还真令人失望。

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The plane banked as it came in for a landing, and to us this country called Switzerland seemed to be a place where everything, even the clouds, was on a steep incline that stretched to infinity.

飞机倾斜着飞行准备着陆，对我们来说，这个称作瑞士的国家似乎每样东西，甚至云彩在内，都处于陡峭的倾斜的状态无限地延伸出去。

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I forked over some more. A vision was now clarifying in my mind: of my being driven to a quiet place, dragged from the car, beaten, probably knifed, having everything stolen and being left for dead.

我又拿出一些钱来，心里清楚地看见了将要发生的可怕情景：他们把我载到僻静的地方，把我从车里拉出来，打我，甚至用刀戳我，抢走我所有的东西，把我丢在那里等死。

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