Before 1955, most white people were just shadowy presences in our world, vague figures of power like remote bosses at the mill or clerks at the bank.

1955年以前，大多数白人在我们的世界里只是影子般的存在，就像工厂里高高在上的老板或银行职员那样的模糊的权力人物。

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Terrible, formless shapes, vague figures, gigantic, monstrous, distorted, whirled at a gallop through his imagination.

可怕而不成形的影子，依稀模糊的形象，庞大、狰狞、奇形怪状，在他的想象里野马似的直打转。

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Leaving behind not only the people, but also the books read，the story in books would fall into pieces and their figures have become vague and indistinct gradually.

流光所抛，岂独人乎？ 就连所读之书，也会情节散架，人物模糊，只余零星细节，随记忆飘摇。

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