Every time the audience begins to look a little sleepy, Peter takes a break from the presentation and raffles off a copy of his most recent book.

每当听众看起来有些困倦的时候，Peter都会停下演讲，利用休息的时间进行抽奖活动，赠出一些他最近写的书。

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Raffles' pitcher plant, from the jungles of Borneo, produces nectar that both lures insects and forms a slick surface on which they can't get a grip.

莱佛士的猪笼草来自婆罗洲的丛林，它产出的花蜜既能吸引昆虫，又能形成一个光滑的表面，让昆虫无法找到着力点。

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Three from last year’s top 40 dropped off, including Chew Hua Seng, founder of Raffles Education; cranes unit Tat Hong’s Ng Chwee Cheng; and Falcon Energy’s Tan Pong Tyea.

去年上榜富豪中有三人在今年落榜，其中包括莱佛士教育集团创始人周华盛、起重设备制造商达丰控股的黄水钟以及猎鹰能源集团的陈鹏程。

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The Armenian Sarkies brothers, who built the Strand and Raffles, went bankrupt in the rubber slump of the early 1930s.

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Live music, food and raffles are on offer, as well as the opportunity to play seminal college drinking games like beer pong and flip cup.

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In 1953 she and Raffles rented and later bought a once-graceful but now dilapidated theatre in Stratford, not on Avon but in rundown east London.

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