Brutal and unforeseen events take overhand and build a bridge to the past.

残酷和不可预见的事件取代了过去，并建立了过去的桥梁。

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Cars motored past our front yard on their way to the Jumhuriya Bridge a couple of miles up the road.

车辆隆隆地从我们前院驶过，开向几里路外的Jumhuriya大桥。

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Sparrows living in San Francisco's Presidio district actually tweet their tunes in a higher register than they did in the past, to be heard over the rumble of cars on the nearby Golden Gate Bridge.

旧金山要塞区麻雀的鸣叫声实际上比它们以往任何时候的叫声都要更高——这样人们才能在驶过附近金门大桥的汽车隆隆声中听到它们的鸣叫。

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This vast plant, opened last year by Botnia, a Finnish company, added 1.8% to the country's GDP while producing no evidence of the feared pollution which has led Argentine protesters to block a border bridge for the past three years, hurting Uruguay's economy.

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The response: a number of bills in Congress over the past 18 months, trying to bridge this gap.

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The former pop star vowed to bridge the gap between Haiti's tragic past with the aspirations of a new generation.

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