Walking home, I looked up and got out of the way quick - here came this black cat running like greased lightning and right behind him was this big dog chasing him so closely.

当时我正在走回家的路上。我一抬头，看到一只黑猫跑得飞快。就在它后面一只很大的狗正在紧紧地追赶。我看到这情况，马上就闪到一边去了。

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They say she was like a blade herself, as sharp and keen-edged and quick, as if she were made of steel and lightning.

人们说，她就像是一把剑，锋利无比，疾如闪电，似乎她本来就是由钢和闪电铸成的。

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This was the prevailing design in the mid-1800s, when wealthy Hudson River families like the Roosevelts and the Gildersleeves adapted traditional Dutch iceboats into lightning-quick sporting machines that raced--and often beat--the fastest steam locomotives plying the Hudson's banks.

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