At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called "Strawpocalypse", a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash.

今年年初，这位艺术家制作了一件名为“吸管末日”的作品，这是一对10英尺高的塑料波浪，在撞击过程中冻结了。

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So the children remained alone till mid-day, and then Grethel shared her piece of bread with Hansel, for he had scattered his own all along the road as they walked.

于是孩子们独自呆着直到中午，然后格雷特分了她的那块面包给汉斯吃，因为他把他的都顺着他们走过路撒在了地上。

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My favorite piece of furniture in the whole house is the mid-century Scandinavian sideboard.

整座屋子里我最喜欢的家具就是这个中世纪北欧边桌。

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Gomez recovered from the tackle to score the opening goal mid-way through the second half with a stunning set-piece, before Hugo Rodallega sealed a comfortable victory for the Latics late on.

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As if all that were not bad enough, another discouraging piece of news comes from America West, a mid-sized airline that the government rescued last year.

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That wasn't hard, considering he served in the chamber for 46 of his 76 years, has chaired two major committees, and has played a major or minor role in nearly every piece of significant social welfare or health legislation since the mid-1960s.

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