Clare looked at her keenly, then, gathering her meaning, flagged like one plague-stricken, and his glance sank; it fell on her hands, which, once rosy, were now white and more delicate.

克莱尔猛看了她一眼，明白了她话的意思，就像得了瘟疫一样瘫痪下来，目光也低垂下去，落在了她的一双手上，那双手过去是玫瑰色的，现在变白了，更加娇嫩了。

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Not only that, but one purpose for dreaming itself may be to help us find solutions to puzzles that plague us during waking hours.

不仅如此，做梦本身的目的之一，可能就在于它可以帮助人们去发现在醒着的时候使他们感到困扰的难题解决办法。

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And bubonic plague, spread by rat fleas, is normally preceded by the death of hordes of rats (only then do the fleas opt for humans). Yet no one in 1348 recorded this.

黑死病由鼠蚤传播，在此之前通常都有大批的老鼠死亡(只有在这时跳蚤才选择人类作宿主)，但在1348年没有人记录下这些。

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But there's another resource-draining plague afflicting these countries, one hiding in plain sight: smoking.

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Of course, my hope, beyond taking care of my injuries, is that one day soon, the major diseases that plague humanity will be eradicated.

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