The plant is as dry as tinder after this long drought.

植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般。

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The plants are as dry as tinder after this long drought.

植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般。

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Even now, after this long interval, I find myself thrilling as I think of it, and feeling once more that sudden flood of joy, amazement, and incredulity which utterly submerged my mind.

即便是现在，即便事情已经过去了这么长的时间，回想到它的时候，我依然觉得浑身战栗，觉得那片交织着欣喜、惊异和怀疑的潮水再一次淹没了我全部的神志。

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So, long story short after this fairly arcane syntax, the end result is completely straightforward, do the following 10 times.

如此看来，这个长篇故事经过这个奇异的语法规则，简化后就立马简单明朗了许多，只需要重复做10次就OK了。

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