Neatly laid across my dining room table, I found a dull kitchen knife, a torn, crusty rag, and a Flip video camera which seemed to be recording.

在餐厅的桌子上，有一把很钝的厨刀，一块裂开的已发硬的抹布，还有一个Flip录像机似乎正在录影。

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"If you see a brush mark or a knife mark, a sponge or a rag, you are not succeeding, " he said.

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