She was standing by a pool, about to dive in.

她正站在池边，准备跳进去。

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It had rained heavily the night before, creating a huge pool of water on the beach whose fantastic reflection of the changing sky made us feel we were standing at the edge of the world.

前夜雨下得很大，在海滩上制造了一个大大的水池，变幻的天空倒影在水面上。这样的景象一度让我们觉得站在了世界的边缘。

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Mr Kennedy, in his opinion this week, referred to an inmate who had been held "in a cage for nearly 24 hours, standing in a pool of his own urine, unresponsive and nearly catatonic."

本周肯尼迪(Kennedy)提到一个犯人，说他在牢中关了将近一天，站在自己的小便里，神情恍惚，几近昏厥。

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And if it's true that fame is changing, and celebrity is being democratized in the 21st century, maybe we all are going to one day wind up on a platform, standing high above a pool.

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It usually began with standing water: a tide pool or pond or salty shallow, wet enough to breed bacteria but not so wet as to wash them away.

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Ms. Abdul-Hakeem, standing beside the pool, was looking at a photo on her smartphone, the police officer said.

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