I actually thought it was hard to understand, just what was happening, the action part of the story. It might have been that I read it too quickly. Uh huh. Harder than "Menelaiad" to understand? No.

事实上，我认为它很难理解，就是到底发生了什么，即故事中的动作部分，也可能是我读得太快的缘故，所以不太理解罢，比《梅尼洛斯》更难懂吗，不是的。

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I thought 'where did that come from?' and was shocked to notice how quickly my own expectations had changed.

我突然意识到“这种想法来自于哪里？”并对于我自己期望的改变是如此之快而感到非常震惊。

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I thought, yeah, right, pull the other one, but I quickly realised that it was in fact Michael Jackson, the most famous man on earth.

我想，好啊，愚人节玩笑吧，但我很快意识到那真是迈克尔杰·克逊本人，世界上最有名的人。

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But fear diminishes performance and there was no room for error, so I quickly put the thought out of my mind.

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My mind quickly wandered to the profane, and I thought to myself: the world is starving for US currency leadership.

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