In the first flood-tide of that joy I paid no heed to the bounds of metrical form, and as the stream does not flow straight on but winds about as it lists, so did my verse.

在这种喜悦的第一阵浪潮中，我对韵律形式的束缚毫不在意。就像溪流，不是笔直地流下去，而是依照自己的意愿，逶迤曲折地向前，我的诗歌也是如此。

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The train sped on; the broad fields with their blue-green border trees, and the villages nestling in their shade flew past in a stream of pictures which melted away like a flood of mirages.

火车一路疾驰。宽阔的田野，田边青绿的树木，以及安卧于树荫下的村庄，犹如一连串的图画飞掠过去，又像大量的幻景一般消失不见了。

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Sorted, filtered, aggregated, averaged, analyzed, the flood of raw data we face every day can become an unmanageable stream of information.

进行分类、过滤、聚集、平均分配和分析，我们每天面对的数据流会变得难以管理。

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And also a consequence of that development itself changes the flood risk up and down the stream so there is a two-fold risk.

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But at first it will flow to the new members as a gentle stream rather than a mighty flood.

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And, like the unstoppable power of tidewaters, the reality of our lives would rush in: an overflowing pile of snail mail, a deluge of emails, a flood of phone calls, and a stream of meetings.

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