He said, imagine that we could get people to have a big town meeting for the whole world, and he said, before they were born.

他说，设想我们可以,当人未出生的时候就将他们聚集起来，开一个共同商讨世界的人民大会。

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before he became really big when he was here in town doing his TV show,

在他大红大紫之前，他来这里拍电视剧，

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Right before you guys came to campus there was a tournament, a tennis tournament in town called The Pilot Pen, which is a lead in tournament to the U.S. Open.

在你们入学前的那段时候,有场巡回赛,这场网球赛事被称为"领航笔公开赛",是通往美网公开赛的一个巡回赛

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