I'd run back to the beach, shoes in hand for a last touch of the sand, a last breath off the water.

于是，我便跑回海滩，脱下鞋提在手中，光着脚板最后再体会沙子的味道，面对大海最后深吸一口气。

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The reporters from Xinjiang who stumbled on the factory last week described a place where men in tattered clothing ground rocks by hand to produce sand and talcum powder.

上周无意中发现这家无良工厂的一些新疆本地记者介绍说，这家工厂的工人衣衫褴褛，站在岩石上用手工加工砂粒和滑石粉。

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He stood thus for several minutes, with drooping head, tracing figures in the sand, with the cane which he held in his hand.

他这样低着头，呆想了几分钟，同时用手里的一根棍子在沙上画了许多画。

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She held a thin stick in her hand and was drawing with it in the sand, bringing a flower to life petal by grainy petal.

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