The twenty-five years I have lived since then tapered to a palpitating point and vanished. This is a remarkable passage to me.

那以后生活的二十五年，就惭渐缩小成一个颤栗的点,以致终于消失了，这个段落非常值得注意。

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The passage is now open for four or five months a year and is getting more traffic.

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