2: When the fisherman told people in the town he had seen a beautiful mermaid on a rock in the river, they knew it was just a fish story.

他说：那个渔夫告诉镇上的人他曾经看到一条美人鱼。

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Outside the town, there were trails to hike and rivers to fish, but those activities were for people with companions, or for those with solitary souls.

小镇外面有徒步小道，有可钓鱼的小河。参加这些活动的要么是有伴的人，要么是那些灵魂孤独的人。

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Drunken youths still gather in the town centre at dusk, and raucous music belches from amusement parlours along the seafront, mingling with the aroma of fish and chips.

夕阳西下，小镇中心仍聚集着许多酣醉的年轻人，靡靡之音和炸鱼薯条的气味混杂在一起，从海边的娱乐中心里弥漫开来。

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Bette serves some of the most superbly prepared meat and fish in town.

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Settled in 1682, Greenport has lived through eras as a whaling and fish-processing town and is now seeing an oyster reboot.

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Norwegians sniff at the numbing unpleasantness of gutting fish and at the town's remoteness.

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