我的手足，从睡梦里醒来的声音，那么近。

My brother, the sound awoken in dream, so near.

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直到近年，日本才从恶梦里醒来，而且像是回到了正轨上。

Until recently, that dreadful time could be regarded as an awful nightmare from which the country had woken up, for Japan seemed to be starting to live up to expectations.

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那夜，从梦里醒来，捻开灯，不知惺忪的是灯光还是眼睛。

That night, I waked up from my dream and turned on light, wondering what blurred things, the light or my eyes?

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Whatever excitement they may have entailed in the long run, we feel as we wake up that they go on too long.

因为任何刺激的情节放在这么长的梦里，我们醒来都会觉得持续得太久了。

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