No one wanted it to be noticed that he could see nothing, for then it would be said that he was unfit for his position or that he was stupid.

没有人想被发现，他们看不到任何东西，因为这样会被认为是愚蠢的人或是不称职的人。

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It said that a famous dancing group would be performing in her town.

据说一个著名的舞蹈团将在她的城镇表演。

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"That would be grand, certainly," said Alice thoughtfully, "but then--I shouldn't be hungry for it, you know."

“那太好了，”爱丽丝想了想说，“不过，我不应该为它挨饿，你知道。”

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They said it would be such an easy victory that he would not have to campaign.

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You might have--it would be incorrect, I think, in listening to what he said and conclude that he just says diversify because he's obviously done something very different from that.

如果你们听课以后觉得他的秘诀,只是投资多样化,那可不太全面,显然他还做了不少其他的事情

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There was a famous case in the 1970s or '80s, there was a family called Trognon, and a trognon is a cigarette butt, and when they tried to adopt a baby, it would be called, let's say Jean-Philippe Trognon, they said,"oh,no, that baby would be damaged by having such a last name; you don't have the right to adopt this baby."

在上世纪七八十年代有一个出名的案例中,这家人姓特鲁侬,意思是香烟屁股,他们想要领养一个婴儿,取名为,简·菲利佩·特鲁侬,法国人说,不不,取这样一个名字有损于这个婴儿,你们不能领养这个孩子

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"That the plane was found where we said it would be shows that it was struck in international airspace, " the Turkish official said.

WSJ: Turkey Finds Pilots' Bodies, Providing New Spark for Tensions

The secretary of defense yesterday said that he would advice the president to veto any such proposal, that though it was well intentioned, he said, that it would be something that he couldn't manage, that it would make it very difficult for the defense department to even be able to manage the deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.

NPR: Bush Needs Easy Confirmation of Attorney General

He said it was unlikely that he would be joining the Alliance party but said that he might form a new party.

BBC: Basil McCrea