We were on the roof of America and all we could do was yell I guess across the night, eastward over the plains where somewhere an old man with white hair was probably walking towards us with the word and would arrive any minute and make us silent.

我们在美国的最高处大声叫喊,我想整个夜晚，在东部平原,随时可能有一个白发老人,向我们走来,让我们安静。

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who is on the streets in New York and she got mugged because she was walking alone at late at night,

她正在纽约的大街上走着。有一次她在夜间独自一人在街上走，遭遇了抢劫。

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