He said he picked the pavilion because he is fond of the country.

他说：“我来芬兰馆是因为很喜欢芬兰这个国家。”

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He picked on two of her statements which he said were untrue.

他从她的话中挑出了两处他认为不真实的地方。

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But when he saw that Sagan couldn't keep up, "he literally picked me up like a sack of potatoes over his shoulder and carried me around," Sagan said.

当他看到萨甘无法跟上的时候，“他就如字面上所说的，像一包土豆一样捡把我抗在了肩上。”

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He said he picked the architects because they had just completed the opera house in Toronto.

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Then, he said, he picked up a cricket bat, smashing panels out of the door before finding a key and unlocking it.

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In an interview with Guitar World he said he still picked up a guitar "pretty much every day".

BBC: Alvin Lee