Few of the beach houses still had lights on.

岸边的房屋很少还亮着灯。

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The island boasts two exceptional beaches: Tung Wan, a popular bathing area with idyllic beach houses and Kwan-yin Wan, known as a windsurfing haven.

岛上自称有着两个特殊的沙滩：东湾，它是一个受欢迎游泳区，具有大批田园诗般的海滨别墅，还有观音湾，著名帆板运动的避风港。

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Until then, however, the women were in “high cotton,” as they say in the South, buying four beach houses, ten fancy cars, boats and lots of jewellery.

在那以前，她们过着“奢华的生活”—像她们说的那样—买了四座海边的别墅，十辆新式的汽车和游艇，还有很多珠宝。

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North Beach is a great area, a lot of coffee houses and night clubs and bars, restaurants,

北滩很不错，有很多咖啡厅和酒吧，餐厅，

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That bought some pretty nice beach houses in the Hamptons, let me tell you.

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