I've never seen a black an' I was fair pleased to think I was goin' to see one close.

我从来没见过黑人，想到要近距离看到黑人，我还挺高兴的。

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I have never been in a zoo where you could touch giraffes or get this close to elephants and hippos.

我从来没有来过这样的动物园，在这里你可以抚摸长颈鹿、也可以很近距离观察大象和河马。

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Though we've never had a catastrophic loss such as that, Gibbs and I did have a close call shortly before we decided to simplify.

虽然我们从未经历过那样的灾难性损失，但吉布斯和我确实在我们决定简化程序之前进行了一次简短的密切通话。

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