I have been the gondolier for a gentleman there. But a fair distance out!

那里的一位先生坐过我的船，但是离这儿很远呢。

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The gondolier course lasts six months and includes 400 hours of instruction in using the single oar that is used to propel a gondola through the water.

威尼斯驾船课程共6个月，其中有400小时的课是讲授如何用一支桨操纵狭长的平底船在水路上行进的。

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My guide, Boikago Wandumbi, paddled he and I out, standing in the back of the canoe like a Venetian gondolier, using a long pole to propel us forward.

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