In the silence of an elegant bathroom on the ground floor of the House of the Temple, Robert Langdon ran warm water into a tile sink and eyed himself in the mirror.

在静谧的共济会圣殿一楼优雅的浴室里，罗伯特·兰登一边往瓷砖砌成的洗手盆中注入热水，一边注视着镜子里的自己。

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When he looks in a mirror he tells himself he has a different look but when he sees real Obama on TV, it seems to him that it is he who's near the White House talking before cameras.

他照镜子的时候会跟自己说，他跟奥巴马不像。但是当他在电视上看到奥巴马时，他感觉好像真的是他自己在白宫对着摄像头在讲话。

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Little Pearl - who was as greatly pleased with the gleaming armour as she had been with the glittering frontispiece of the house - spent some time looking into the polished mirror of the breastplate.

小珠儿就象她刚才对宅瞪闪光的前脸大为高兴一样，此时对那明晃晃的盔甲也兴奋异常，她在擦得缀亮的护胸镜前照了好长时间。

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Analyst Tim Speiss, head of the Wealth Advisory Practice at Eisner LLP, said he believes the final bill will closely mirror the House's more expensive version, saying provisions that the Senate excluded are likely to be put back in after a compromise.

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This is a Manhattan glimpsed through a future-blurred, fun-house mirror.

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"a fun-house mirror version of This American Life", said founder Kevin Allison, referring to the popular US public radio program, currently based in New York, featuring many personal stories, including some told in The Moth.

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