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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In these days of frantically looking for ways to reduce federal spending to avoid going over a fiscal cliff, does anyone think that subsidizing flood insurance premiums for the beach houses of 1 percenters should be an urgent federal priority?

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You are also in one of Tahiti's most ambient areas, where the paved road ends and local houses are built right along the beach.

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

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