It sometimes seems as if God played a cruel trick on humanity by putting so much of a precious resource in such rough places.

这像是上帝和人类开了一个残酷的玩笑，将如此宝贵的石油资源放置到这样一个贫瘠的地区。

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In Norse mythology, many of the gods' adventures originate in some trick or another played on their majesties by the half-god Loki.

在北欧神话之中，大部分神的冒险是由恶作剧所引起，其他还有半神loki玩弄他们的君主。

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He changes himself into a temple and turns his tail into a flagstaff, but the warrior god Yang Erh-lang spots the trick. and how?

他变成一座庙，把尾巴变作旗杆，结果被杨二郎看出来了。从什么地方看出来的呢？

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