As he said at our first meeting in London, our relationship had started to drift, making it difficult to cooperate on issues of common interest to our people.

正如他在伦敦我们首次会晤时说过的，我们的关系已开始偏移，因而难以在关系到我们两国人民的共同利益的问题上进行合作。

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He adds, 'Keep it light and fun at first,' getting to know each other at lunch or group outings, a strategy that enabled him and Ms. Walters to learn a lot about each other before they started dating.

他还说，开始的时候保持轻松和有趣，接着通过午餐或者小组出游互相认识彼此，这正是让他和沃尔特斯女士能够在开始约会之前就互相熟悉对方的策略。

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When he commences to cure the butter the smell is unbearable. I used to run out at first, when he started frying the butter, but now I stick it out.

他炼奶油时散发出的气味叫人受不了，从前他一炼奶油我就得先逃出去，现在倒可以坚持下来了。

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