The small girl, like a conjurer, drew her hand from behind and raised high two thick candles.

小女孩变戏法似的从背后抽手，高高的举着两根粗粗的蜡烛。

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As I lay in bed trying to sleep, I watched the flames of the candles flicker and rise unnaturally high.

入睡前，我躺在床上，看到蜡烛的火焰摇曳着，上升到了不该有的高度。

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You may not recognize the reason you know you're in a high-end store now (it's the subtle candles, the floor, the clothes that the employees are wearing), but you know you're not in Wal-Mart.

你可能说不出一些高端商店高端在哪里(有可能是烛台、地板或是服务员的服饰)，但你就是知道它跟沃尔玛不一样。

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Candles gleamed from high windows and restaurant tables.

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An altar is erected and piled high with offerings to the invisible visitors: flowers, ribbons, coloured candles, tamales (steam-cooked cornmeal dough), fruit and corn.

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The fire service says candles, cigarettes, objects left to close too fires, pans over heating and a high number of student houses with no smoke alarm - or no battery in the alarm - are often to blame for fire outbreaks.

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