When asked how they had cracked the code ahead of an array of highly accomplished rival investigators, he said something that stunned me.

当被问及他们是如何赶在一群颇有造诣的同行研究人员前面破解密码的时候，他说了一些令我震惊的话。

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People wanted to know how they had blundered into war, and how to avoid it in the future.

人们想弄清他们怎么会错误地卷入战争，将来如何才能避免这样的事。

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She looked properly surprised, and this was just how they had hoped she would look.

她看上去恰到好处地吃惊，这正是他们所希望她会有的样子。

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Others were not troubled. They had no way of finding out how terrible the lives of people were in Mulberry Bend.

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You kind of wonder, how can it be that people had such different views depending on which city they lived in?

也许你会纳闷,不同城市的居民怎么会,对这个问题的看法如此迥异

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And also had blind evaluators-- people who didn't know which condition they were in, evaluate how they were walking.

还找来盲测员-,那些不了解情况的人，评估他们的走路。

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At the finish, Kerry were relieved while Monaghan agonised on how they had let victory slip.

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Last week the government announced how they had resolved a bitter coalition row over energy.

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Others explained how they had ended up in the protective goggles and booties.

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