At the age of twelve, for a bet of five shillings, he walked across the River Severn on extremely thin ice, for which he was promptly beaten by his father.

在十二岁时，他与别人打了个五先令的赌，在极簿的冰层上走过塞汶河。为此他立即被父亲打了一顿。

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After their major bet on the Thilawa special economic zone south of Yangon, Japanese contractors have plans to deepen the Yangon River's estuary so that cargo ships can sail directly up to the city's shores and offload more containers of cars that are already being briskly snapped up at busy dealerships.

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