You would have heard of balls and parties.

你就会了解到舞会、宴会的情况。

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As Venice prepares to host its famous carnival next month, the lagoon city's inhabitants have more than masked balls and black-tie parties on their minds.

虽然下月威尼斯将迎来其著名的狂欢季节，但对这座水中之城的居民们来说，目前当务之急绝非假面舞会或盛装晚宴。

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Representing beauty and wisdom, they are frequently invited along with celebrities and the rich to balls, charities, auctions and cocktail parties.

这些智慧与美貌并存的主播们经常受邀与名人富豪们共赴各类舞会、慈善晚宴、拍卖会以及鸡尾酒派对。

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People will also attend many other parties and unofficial balls around the Washington area.

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There are balls and parties.

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Where and how you worshipped mattered, too, and there was, above all, a constant round of teas, receptions, dinners, parties, balls and cotillions.

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