The grace of a ballerina and the grit of a boxer hammer home the message: The future belongs to those who prepare.

芭蕾舞女演员的优雅和拳击手的勇气聚焦于这样一种讯息：未来属于有准备的人。

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Bartender, I want to buy that ballerina a drink!

服务生，我愿意为那位芭蕾舞女买一杯酒！

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Duncan attended a ballet, and the lead dancer was the renowned Russian ballerina, Ana Pavlova.

邓肯曾经参加过一个芭蕾舞团，而舞团的领舞是著名的俄罗斯芭蕾舞女演员安娜·巴甫洛娃。

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But she realized she was not going to be a ballerina.

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Natalie Portman is Nina, a young ballerina in a Lincoln Center company who has the temperament to dance the virtuous White Swan but is too frigid to dance the Black Swan.

NEWYORKER: Black Swan

Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has appointed a former prima ballerina as a temporary replacement for its artistic director who is recovering from an acid attack.

BBC: Bolshoi ballet theatre appoints temporary director

Nor does it have to be showy: I once saw a New York City Ballet audience burst into applause when a ballerina lifted her leg into a flawless arabesque.

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