I hadn t been reading for half an hour when I heard steps out side.

我看书还不到半小时，就在这时我听到外边有脚步声。

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I began the day playing tennis with a secondary school friend I hadn t seen for a while.

那天早上我与一个很久未见面的中学同学打网球。

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The newborn life was something I hadn t ever gotten to explore—even when Bella finally became a vampire.

新生儿的生活我从未想过要去探究甚至当贝拉最终变成吸血鬼的时候。

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And Thanksgiving also, in my early days when I was a child, the kids would all get to play, maybe we hadn't seen each other for a while.

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I hadn't set out with a plan that I wanted to teach at some of the best universities in the country.

一开始，我并没有给自己制定目标,一定要在这些最好的大学执教。

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Maybe not the biggest one, but there was one when I was... I hadn't long been in the job.

可能不是最大的一次，但是有一场火灾，当我……当时我刚工作不久。

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Yet as the smiling faces of girls in white dresses I hadn't seen since high school stared at me from my computer screen, I couldn't help but feel I was suddenly looking at the path I hadn't taken.

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Of course no childhood is without its terrors, yet I wonder if I would have been a less frightened boy if Lindbergh hadn't been president or if I hadn't been the offspring of Jews.

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"Colin Nish was a name that was put to me straightaway when I came in but I couldn't decide because I hadn't seen the player, " said Paatelainen.

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