At this point of the housekeeper's story, she chanced to glance towards the timepiece over the chimney; and was in amazement on seeing the minute hand measure half past one.

管家把故事讲到这里，偶然向烟囱上的时钟瞅了一眼：出乎她的意料，时针已指到一点半。

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One minute I’m innocently checking the news, then I see a story about Kate Winslet and, before long, I’m looking at sites trying to buy her skirt.

一会儿我天真地看着新闻，后来很快，我看到了一则关于Kate Winslet的报道，然后我就浏览网店想买她穿的那件裙子。

youdao

One minute I'm innocently checking the news, then I see a story about Kate Winslet and, before long, I'm looking at sites trying to buy her skirt.

一会儿我天真地看着新闻，后来很快，我看到了一则关于Kate Winslet的报道，然后我就浏览网店想买她穿的那件裙子。

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We never feel that anyone involved in making this multimillion-dollar, two-hour-and-twenty-one-minute spectacle had any real affection for the story.

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In our training workshops, one particularly helpful exercise asks participants to deliver a three-minute adventure story with a moral.

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