Before telling me his Horatio Alger story, though, he had something he wanted me to understand.

在讲述他的白手起家的奋斗史之前，他更想和我分享一些关于他自己的事。

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After telling me I'd never make it home before dark, he invited me to come and stay with him and his family in Tewkesbury.

然后他告诉我，我在天黑之前不用赶着回家，他邀请我去他在修克斯·贝尔的家和他家人待一下。

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And before you start telling me how many people participate in the pleasures of sailing, take a look at the marina near you.

在你告诉我有多少人沉浸在航海的乐趣当中之前，看看你附近的码头。

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But before telling you about this let me sort of Go through some of the hypothesis that we have and That we are now testing about why the subject is Difficult and why these materials assembled what We have assembled them might be useful.

但是谈那之前我要说说,我们之前的一些假设,我们现在正在测试为什么这个学科很难,以及为什么我们整合这些资料是有用的,我们认为把它们整合起来或许有用。

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He explained to me that its extraordinary fluid effects were worked in the hardest of woods - he was proud of his technical feat - before telling me his story.

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He prowls Patagonia's headquarters, in Ventura, California, checking in on new designs (he showed me a sturdy down jacket that felt about as heavy as a paperclip and then said he'd kill me before telling me how they make it) and tinkering with a lightweight camp stove of his own invention at his desk.

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Let me be clear before telling you my little story: What I have been up to this past week should not be confused or even compared with the fantastic journalism being done around hurricane Sandy.

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