I had coasted along the lower wall of the orchard -- turned its angle: there was a gate just there, opening into the meadow, between two stone pillars crowned by stone balls.

我信步朝果园的矮墙走去，在拐角处转了弯，这里有一扇门，开向草地，门两边有两根石柱，顶上有两个石球。

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"You know what it takes?" he asks, reaching into his attache case to display two metallic spheres dangling from a string. "Brass balls."..

“你知道这会需要付出什么？”他一边问，还从他的公文包里取出两个晃动的金属球，“黄铜球……”。

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Dida cannot take responsibility for the goals as the balls were two simple balls that were played into the area.

迪达无需为这两个进球负责因为这是两个很容易打进的球。

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Jason Krejza was beaten for pace and movement as the ball thudded into his pad, and two balls later an unsettled Mitchell Johnson was dropped at second slip by Laxman.

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Harrington was set to capture the event on the final day but choked on the 18th hole, hitting two consecutive balls into a creek before a nifty chip and putt for a double bogey that put him into a playoff against the Spaniard Sergio Garcia.

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But an expected 40, 000 people crammed into the Washington Convention Center for those two balls, and there was still plenty of star power in the entertainment lineup.

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