For days I had dreamed about a huge, white boat floating on a vast body of water, but when my mother took me down to the levee on the day of leaving, I saw a tiny, dirty boat that was not at all like the boat I had imagined.

那些天我总是幻想着一艘,巨大的白船徜徉在宽阔的河上，但当出发那天,妈妈将我带到岸边时，我只看到一只又小又脏的船,完全不是我想的那样，“

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But I made the reservation for the 14th. So then we went on Valentine's Day, to go and see the exhibit.

但我把时间预定到了十四号。所以情人节那天我们可以去看展览。

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Yes, it's a wonderfully reliable test I'll test you today; I'll test you tomorrow; I'll test you next year; I'll test you the day you die; I'll get the same IQ score ? Is it a valid test?

是的，这是个非常可靠的测试,今天测试，明天再测试;,明年再测，到你死的那天再测;,得出的你的智商都还是一样,但这是个有效测试吗？

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