Last summer I went to one of the world's most famous historical places, the Forbidden City in Beijng, China.

去年夏天，我去了世界上最著名的历史古迹之一，中国北京的紫禁城。

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I saw this, ironically, last summer, when one of my old classmates from Bologna came with his girlfriend to visit us in America.

具有讽刺意味的是，去年夏天远在博洛尼亚的一位老同学和他女朋友来美国拜访我们的时候，我才意识到这一点。

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One night last summer he’d come to the factory yard soused, climbed up on a vat, and tumbled in.

去年夏天的一个晚上，他醉醺醺地来到工厂大院，爬上一只染缸，滚了进去。

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And one day last summer, he saw the news that halfway across the world, 33 men were trapped in a Chilean mine and no one knew how to save them.

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Salomon reportedly settled at least one such suit last summer for an undisclosed sum.

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After all, it was Sunday, one of the last of the summer, and a lovely one at that - a good day not to ask people to wait in long lines to pass through security checkpoints.

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