Around the lake the countryside generally is nothing special.

那片湖周围的乡村总的来说没什么特别的。

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Just after the lake, the path branches off to the right.

小路经过湖后向右分出一条岔道。

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French troops in Canada built a fort to control passage to the lake as a defense against British troops moving north.

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They're prostrate on the burning lake of this miserable new realm called hell, yet nonetheless Satan pulls himself together and begins to analyze, to theorize, his situation.

他们匍匐在这个痛苦的被叫做地狱的国度,身边是燃烧的湖水，然而撒旦还是振作了起来,开始分析思考他的处境。

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What psychologists don't really know is why the Lake Wobegon effect exists, and there are a couple of proposals.

但心理学家还不知道,为什么乌比冈效应会存在，目前有几个假设。

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Volunteers were out on the village-side lake the weekend before the festival, cutting out big ice blocks.

WSJ: NY inmates help build ice palace in Adirondacks

The last night comes along the shores of Lake Manapouri, where the waters are as warm as any lake on the South Island, just begging to cool your legs.

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They were up on a picnic table at that park by the lake, by the edge of the lake, with part of a downed tree in the shallows half hidden by the bank.

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