He believes the world has a unique opportunity at the moment to get the issues on the table but he said, those opportunities are usually fleeting.

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Something is usually said about Kafka in connection with Wise Blood, but I have never succeeded in making my way through The Castle or The Trial, and I wouldn't pretend to know anything about Kafka.

经常有人说到卡夫卡,与《慧血》之间的联系，但我从来没有成功地,读懂《城堡》或者《审判》,我不会假装我了解卡夫卡的一切。

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I said bronze, but actually the tip was usually iron, but it could be bronze as well.

虽然我说矛头是铜质的,但其尖端大多是铁质的,也有铜质的

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In England's case, England goes out of every single World Cup and every single European competition because it loses on penalty kicks, usually to Germany, it has to be said.

拿英格兰做例子吧,英格兰每次在世界杯或者欧洲杯中出局,都因为栽到了点球上,尤其是对阵德国的时候

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