An NBA player once said to me, with a bemused chuckle of disbelief, that when playing in Canada—get this—"We have to wait in the same customs line as everybody else."

在加拿大打球时，一位 NBA 球员曾经低声轻笑，带着难以置信的神情跟我说：“我们必须和其他人一样在海关排队等候。”

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Tired of waiting in the back of the line to get on Noah's Ark, a flea jumps from one animal to another as she moves closer to the front.

厌倦了在队伍后面等着登上诺亚方舟，一只跳蚤从一只动物跳到另一只动物，渐渐靠近前面。

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An employ asked, "Would the new system create long lines to get into the building like the line in the airport security checks?"

一位员工问道：“新的安检系统会像机场安检一样排很长的队进入大楼吗？”

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They must get right with the law before they can get in line and earn their citizenship."

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But as I'll mention in a few minutes, there are possible schemes that one can follow to get you to the goal line as well.

但正如我几分钟之前所提到的,还有很多可行性方案可以遵循,同样会让你很健康

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But also people used to bribe the priests, in order to get moved up on the front on line, and they would also give great and beautiful gifts to the temple people and to the temple,and to the priest.

但是人们也贿赂祭司,以便能插到队伍前排,他们也会把漂亮的礼物,送给神庙里的人,或是祭司

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With a silhouette of the desired scene now showing atop the live view, the designated stranger just needs to let you get in the shot, line the overlay up with the live scene, and hit the shutter release.

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And I was also fortunate to work in jobs that were reasonably accommodating, with people who understood that if you left a little early for -- to get in the car line, that that wasn't some huge definition of your dedication to your job.

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