The delta region of the Rio Grande river was a forsaken land of thickets and swamps.

格兰德河的三角洲地区是块布满了灌木丛及沼泽地的被遗忘之地。

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Amidst the rumors of an alien craft crashing down on Monte Grande, or that a gigantic fireball was seen by several witnesses, investigators have not yet found any evidence of a crater.

在谣言当中外星飞航坠毁在蒙特·格兰德镇，或者是一个巨大的火球被一些目击者看到的情况，调查人员都没有找到任何的弹坑的证据。

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'I don't tell anyone, not even my daughter,' the grande dame reveals, shooting me a look as she clasps a Latex glove containing frozen peas to her bruised cheeks.

“我没有告诉任何人，甚至我的女儿，”这个贵妇人透露说，飞快地向我一瞥，紧握着一个装着冻青豆的橡胶手套挡着她瘀肿的脸颊。

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Not just any woman, but a wild,red- haired woman, riding a giant catfish down the Rio Grande River.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres' painting "La Grande Odalisque" shows a beautiful woman wearing no clothes.

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President Nicolas Sarkozy, who did not graduate from a grande ecole, laid out that demand in a January speech.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

If his critics are correct, and he is just too liberal to be elected pope, he does have enough influence to be a grande elletore - a kingmaker whose views could sway the conclave.

BBC: NEWS | Europe | Profile: Cardinal Carlo Martini

Piedra Grande offers a view of what appears to be a sea, until you realize you're looking out at clouds.

WSJ: Man Versus the Volcano

Somewhere between Ellis Island and the car factories of Detroit (or nowadays between the Rio Grande and a bungalow in Riverside) the newcomers are Americanised.

ECONOMIST: America's great sorting out