If I were not good, by which she meant if I did not behave with a single eye to her personal convenience, the cock would come down the chimney.

如果我不听话，也就是如果我做什么事情，只要稍微没考虑到她个人方便与否的话，那只公鸡就会从烟囱上下来。

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I remember a servant who used to tell me that if I were not good, by which she meant if I did not behave with a single eye to her personal convenience, the cock would come down the chimney.

我记得有一位佣人曾经告诉我说，如果我不做好孩子，那公鸡就会顺着烟囱爬下来，她说这话的意思其实就是如果我做什么事情，只要稍微没考虑到她个人方便与否的话，那么就不会有好事降临在我的头上。

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In 2008, scientists from the University of Copenhagen, found that all people with blue eyes were descended from a single ancestor with a blue eye mutation who lived six to 10, 000 years ago.

2008年，哥本哈根大学的科学家们发现所有蓝眼睛的人都有一个共同的祖先，这位祖先生活在10,000年以前，眼睛出现蓝色变异。

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