The church bells ring very,very slowly,all over the place, because there is--the heir to the French throne is dead.

在各地,教堂的钟声非常缓慢地响起,因为王位的继承人去世

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And of course it exists in a semiotic relationship to a white light over a street door which means "this is my house; if you wish you can ring the bell but I'd just as soon you stayed out."

当然它是存在于一个语义篇中的,而临街门上的白灯则意味着,这是我的房子，你要进来必须按门铃,但是你最好别进来“

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