When I went back a short time later, the dish was empty except for the red leaves.

过了一会儿，我又回去了，盘子里除了红叶什么都没有了。

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Which was all we could do for the next four days, except watch a mechanic struggle to get Matilda back on the road for the most fearsome stretch yet: the Great Sandy Desert of Western Australia.

接下来的四天我们也只能等待，除了看机修工想方设法把麦铁尔达修好，因为我们下面要走的是最可怕的一段路——西澳大利亚的大沙漠。

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The scene greeting me was like a board meeting except for its odd location in the back corner booth of a fast-food restaurant.

这个场景让我想起了董事会，只是场地在一个快餐店角落里的包厢内，让人觉的怪怪的。

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