We sent out the party invitations about three weeks ago.

我们在大约三周前就已经发出了聚会邀请函。

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The party turned out to be more of an endurance test than a pleasure.

这次聚会结果成了一次耐力测试，而不是一件乐事。

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They threatened to lead a mass walk-out if the party did not sharply change direction.

他们威胁说，如果该党对其发展方向不作大的调整，他们就发动大家集体退党。

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But they kept that village just the way it was, and they built one next to it. In about 1952 some people, about your age, started to party, and somebody came out with a gun and said we don't party in Oradour-sur-Glane.

他们就是保留了当时的原貌,在旁边建新的村子,在1952年有人,大概你们这么大的孩子,开始在那聚会,然后有人拿着枪出来说在尔村,不能聚会

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