She let the machine answer, and the sound of Nick's voice in the house shot through me like a spark-plug jolt.

她听任电话转到自动应答机上，尼克的说话声穿过房间，好象火花塞放出的电，把我给电了一下。

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If you have a laptop, you probably have the machine already, in your house.

如果你拥有一台手提电脑，或许现在你已经有了，就在你的房间。

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ABOUT 30 yards from a machine-gun-toting policeman guarding the American embassy in London stands a smart town house.

在离携枪的警察守卫的美国驻伦敦大使馆大约30码远的地方有一栋小洋房。

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laundry. We used to have a washing machine and a dryer in our house.

那就是洗衣服。过去我们家有洗衣机和烘干机。

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