He was reading a book in English and proudly showed off his language skills, running a finger along the line of text as he read: "A long time ago, there was a King."

他正在看一本英语书，很是自豪地炫耀着自己的语言水平。 他用手指顺着一行文字划过，读着：“很久很久以前，有一个国王。

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So, give me two more minutes, I'm going to end, and a few of you, faces, I've heard this before, people that I know; but, I guess one reason why I'm in history--well, because I read a book a long time ago.

所以,再给我两分钟,我就要结束了,你们有些人,面孔,这我见过,有的人我认识,但是,我觉得我之所以搞历史,因为我很久以前读过一本书

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So yeah, a long, long time -- read as, not in the next two years.

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But I did want to forward it on to my friends because it's been a really long time since I've read a piece like that.

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