Just a few days ago I had arrived. Nightfall. People scurrying Home like rats under the foggy lights. The trees glittering with diamond pointed malice. I thought it all out, a thousand times or more.

几天前我才到了这儿，当时夜幕刚降下，人们在朦胧的灯光下像老鼠一样匆匆赶回家去，树木带着宝石尖般的恶意闪闪发光，我不止一千次地想起了这一切。

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I just arrived in London a few days ago.

几天前我刚刚到了伦敦。

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They spotted the monkey just a few days after they arrived in the region in August 2008.

他们于2008年8月到达该地区，几天后就发现了这种猴子。

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Just a few days before we arrived, a man had been injured in a drive-by assassination attempt outside a cafe.

BBC: Murder in Corsica: Assassination stains an island's image