If the fish is frozen, thaw it on a plate in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours, never at room temperature.

如果鱼是冻的，放在冰箱的盘子上解冻12到24小时，不要在室温下解冻。

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The landlady's daughter is a secretary, fat and hysterical: one day she smashed a plate of peas in the passageway and shut herself in her room screaming.

女房东的女儿是一个秘书，胖，有点歇斯底里。 一天，她在走廊上打翻了一盘豌豆，然后就把自己关在房间里尖叫。

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The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate.

这家的小男孩悄悄地离开了屋子。过了一会儿，他拿着一片奶酪回到房间，把奶酪放在客人的盘子里。

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And then further you put some recording device, which in those days was a photographic plate, far across a room. So you take a tiny, tiny angle and you go far enough across the room.

接着放一些记录设备，那时用的是一个摄影用的感光片，取一个极小极小的角度,然后去到房间中足够远的地方。

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