In fact, some of these playwrights would start by writing the end of a play and work backward toward the beginning, just to make sure each event led logically from what had gone before.

事实上，一些剧作家会从剧本的结尾开始写起，然后倒着写剧本的开头，只是为了确保每一个事件都能从逻辑上与之前发生的事情联系起来。

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Most nights I watched the start of the play from the wings.

大多数晚上，我都从舞台的侧面观看演出的开场。

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Time off may range from an occasional afternoon off to attend a child's play at school or the ability to start the workday an hour early so they can leave an hour early.

闲暇时间可以在某个下午给他们一个假，好让他们能够出席孩子在学校的演出，或者也可以让他们早一小时工作然后早一小时下班。

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Only 16 more runs from the start of play would have taken him ahead of two-time triple centurions Don Bradman of Australia and West Indian Brian Lara and made him the first player to score three triple hundreds in Tests.

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"We said from the start that we wanted to play for a win here, and so go forward, " said Germany coach Joachim Loew.

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