And every few years a new lot is laid down and run over; so that, if some have the pleasure of riding on a rail, others have the misfortune to be ridden upon.

每隔几年，新的一批被铺下去、被火车在上面开来开去；于是，如果有人乐于乘坐火车，就有人不幸被人骑乘。

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[In one experiment, researchers] found that twice as many mall shoppers who had just ridden an up escalator contributed to the Salvation Army than shoppers who had just ridden the down escalator.

“研究人员在一次实验中发现，商场购物者中，乘扶梯而上的人对“救世军”进行的捐助，是那些乘扶梯而下的人的两倍。

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The cog went up and down, bucking more wildly than any horse he'd ever ridden, lifting with each wave before sliding down into the troughs between, jarring him to the bones.

船上上下下的颠簸，比他骑过的任何马都要剧烈，从浪尖滑入谷底，让他震至骨髓。

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In the grounds of the abbey is a marker at the spot where King Harold was supposedly killed by an arrow in his eye, or ridden down by a Norman knight, depending on your interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Sadly for Detroit, the scandal comes as the city is working hard to shed its image as crime-ridden, run-down and corrupt.

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Or you have shrunken down and ridden on an air hockey puck.

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