And he traveled by train. And so to pass the time, he would play solitaire.

他坐火车旅行，为了打发时间，他会玩纸牌。

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I'm just spending time with friends, and I come here sometimes just to have lunch.

我就和朋友们打发下时间，有时候来这里就仅仅为了吃午餐。

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> So this tune made by one of our former students; but it doesn't have to be something written in Scratch, it doesn't have to be a game or animation it can simply be an incredibly, wonderfully way to spend time.

这段是由以前的学生制作的;,不一定非要用Scratch编写，也不一定必须是个游戏或动画,它只不过是用来打发时间的，一个好办法。

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because there's so much going on, and I was sitting today on the steps.

因为这里一天会发生很多变化，而我刚刚就坐在台阶上（打发时间）。

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