One day, he finds some large footprints in the sand.

有一天，他在沙滩上发现了一些大脚印。

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But I have noticed that during the most trying periods of my life there has only been one set of footprints in the sand.

可是我却发现，在我最艰难的时期，沙滩上只留下一对脚印。

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While (he was)walking along the sands . Crusoe saw some footprints in the sand.

克鲁索沿沙滩走着的时候，看到沙子上有些脚印。

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There are subtle effects in the environment, like shadows from a fire, ripples in water and disappearing footprints in sand.

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Robert Louis Stevenson called the eerie passage in which Crusoe discovers footprints in the sand a telling sign of visitors breaking his solitude one of the great moments in literature.

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