He misread the date on the letter; it was October 15th, not 16th.

他看错了信上的日期，那是十月十五日，不是十六日。

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By the 16th century, a pendulum clock had been devised, but the pendulum swung in a large arc and thus was not very efficient.

到了16世纪，人们发明了摆钟，但钟摆摆动的幅度很大，因此效率不高。

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The 29th Olympic Games and the 16th Paralympic Games held not long ago in Beijing were a huge success.

不久前，在北京举办的第29届夏季奥运会和第16届残奥会取得了巨大成功。

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The 30-year-old Austria international does not think the 16th-placed Baggies should blame bad luck.

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The visitors began badly when fly-half Steve Meyer missed a straightforward penalty just two minutes after kick-off, while Meyer was sin-binned in the 16th minute for not retreating 10m from a quick tap penalty.

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