本来上述一切都曾经是他梦寐以求的，当他还不满犹太成年礼，年纪差不多九、十岁，他第一次点燃香烟这小小的白色纸管，首度吸尝到香烟焦油的滋味。

This was exactly what he had hoped for when, well before his bar mitzvah-probably at nine or ten-he had first lit up the little white tube and sucked in the taste of tar.

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所有这一切都预示着大约40年内曾经是美国专属文化殖民地的月球，将会有很多新主人。

All at once, the moon, which has spent nearly 40 years as a cultural colony of the U.S. alone, has a lot of new claimants.

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“他曾经是重修利比亚与国际社会关系的关键人物，”诺曼在电话里说，“现在一切都结束了。”

"He was the key figure to rehabilitate Libya with the international community," Benotman said by phone. "Now it is all gone."

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James Henry Hammond of South Carolina once said, I quote, "Reputation is everything.

南卡的詹姆士·亨利·哈默德曾经这么说,"名誉即是一切

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