"There was a time," Landman muses, "when an ambulance appeared before Parliament and the rand collapsed because people thought something had happened to Mr. Mandela.
兰德曼重温道：“曾经有一段时间，人们以为曼德拉先生出事了，救护车出现在国会面前，兰特（南非货币）也因此崩溃。”
Meanwhile, back at the farm, the man who had bought his farm happened to be crossing a small stream on the property one day when he saw something gleaming at the bottom of the stream.
与此同时，在原来那个农场，那个买下农场的人一天碰巧跨过农场里的一条小溪，他看见溪底有什么东西在闪闪发光。
When we rentered the streets something happened to me which had the force of an optical illusion, or a nightmare.
我们到了街上之后，我遭遇到一件事，起的作用很象是视错觉或者梦魇。
When something bad happens, there's no point in wishing it had not happened.
如果糟糕的事已然发生，再去想要是没发生也没有意义。
When I came home from a friend's house on Christmas Eve, I saw my mother's face and knew at once that something terrible had happened.
圣诞节前夜，我从朋友家回到自己的家，一见妈妈的脸色，就立刻知道有什么可怕的事情发生了。
When I came home from a friend's house on Christmas Eve, I saw my mother's face and knew at once that something terrible had happened.
圣诞节前夜，我从朋友家回到自己的家，一见妈妈的脸色，就立刻知道有什么可怕的事情发生了。
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