Washing off the Sharpie, I reckoned, would be a lot easier than coming back for a surgical do-over.

我思忖，洗掉这个记号，总比要重来做一遍手术要容易的多吧。

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When I visited Beijing there seemed to be a lot difference between the rich and poor, some people living in traditional "hu-tongs" with Shared washing facilities for the street.

我去过北京，那里看起来贫富差异很大，有些人居住在传统的胡同里，整条街都共用着卫生设施。

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The arum was turned by hand, and needed a lot of effort. Eight years passed before someone producer an electric washing machine. The world had to wait even longer for a machine to dry clothes.

该转桶是用手来转的，而且很费力，八年后才有人发明了电动的洗衣机，很长时间之后才有了干衣机，有人生产者的电动洗衣机。

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