Remember how I told you your ideas are kind of like fireflies?

还记得我说过你的想法有点像萤火虫吗？

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Oddly enough, you can catch your ideas with the very same device I used to catch fireflies when I was a boy.

奇怪的是，你可以用我小时候用来捉萤火虫的装置来捕捉你的想法。

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You could look for fireflies now and report your findings, but chances are slim that any will still be present at this time of year.

你现在可以寻找荧火虫，报告你的发现，但在每年的这个时候还能看到它们机会是非常小的。

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Later, in the near-dark, we sat on the screened porch watching the fireflies.

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