Nearly thirty years earlier, I had seen the sun set over the Grand Canyon; now I wanted to watch it rise, lighting the layers of differently colored rocks from the top down.

约在30年前，我曾看过夕阳在大峡谷落下；如今，我想看着它从这里升起，将一层层不同颜色的岩石从上到下照亮。

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Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rise petal down the grand canyon and wait for the echo.

出版一本诗集，有如把蔷薇的一片花瓣丢进那大峡谷等候它的回声。

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Building grand appearance, unique, 126 meters high, four column of high-rise building in Beijing.

大厦外观宏伟，独树一帜，高达126米，挤身于京城四大高层建筑之列。

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Singapore-owned Hotel Grand Chancellor is rebuilding a low-rise hotel to replace a now-demolished 26-story building that for weeks teetered on the brink of collapse after the quake.

WSJ: Christchurch Rebuilds, but Will People, Firms Return?

Branson's Virgin Group joined forces with the Formula 1 team just before the Australian Grand Prix and early success has seen Brawn's popularity rise.

BBC: Branson makes offer to Brawn GP

Lower Michigan, west of Detroit, looks fetching from one mile up, and I've read good things about it: Lansing, Grand Rapids, Muskegon--an economic region on the rise.

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