By their tremendous heroism, men such as Shakleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing.

沙克尔顿、斯科特和阿蒙森等人以他们巨大的英雄主义，使一个新大陆从阴影中浮现，但那个英雄时代，一个多世纪前，已经一去不复返了。

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The little old man asked, more and more worried as he tried to pierce the faraway shadows.

矮小的老人问，当他试图穿透远处的阴影时，他越来越担心。

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Little shivers ran over it, and the sun went away and shadows stole across the water, turning it cold.

寒气笼罩着湖面，太阳消失了，阴影悄悄掠过水面，水变冷了。

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Some residents are scoffing at the notion of spending millions of dollar to promote a state with little hope of emerging from the shadows of neighboring New York or Massachusetts.

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There's also an engaging image of the rooftop bar at the Ravel Hotel in Long Island City, where, based on the sparse crowd, long shadows and two female servers in little black dresses chatting idly, the evening cocktail hour is just getting going.

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He has little charm, and has been lurking far too long in the shadows to acquire the telegenic qualities Poles now seek in a president.

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