And an artist can dare to create music with the sounds of stones being slapped, wind whistling through the brush and recordings of monks chopping at water in a tub with their hands.

艺术家敢于用石头敲击的声音，风穿过刷子呼啸的声音，还有和尚用他们的手在水盆里拍击水的声音来制作音乐。

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The wind keeps chopping about, so it might be perilous to go sailing.

风向一直在变，航行可能会有危险。

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As we continue to think greener and smarter, we'll see new possibilities, like the long-term power-generating potential of an intact Appalachian mountaintop with wind turbines vs. chopping it to pieces for a few years' worth of burnable coal and centuries of environmental devastation.

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The jury is still out on the results, which are expected at the end of the week, and while observers will be watching closely to see what kind of haircuts are taken for holdings of sovereign debt, it seems highly unlikely that any major banks will be wind up on the chopping block.

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