Like Spiderman's Peter Parker, who gained the ability to sling webs and climb walls after being bitten by a spider, Barry Allen was shocked into superhero-status by accident.

蜘蛛侠彼得·帕克在被蜘蛛咬伤后获得了发射蛛网和爬墙等超能力，而闪电侠巴里·艾伦也像他一样是在意外中成为了超级英雄。

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Like a Roman arena, conflicting speakers - Peter Mandelson, Irvine Welsh, Naomi Klein, Michael O'Leary and Sebastian Barry have already rowed in - are thrown to the pit to try to convince the largely attentive audience of their beliefs.

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