Tom thought that though he could not catch up with the boys, he might run a race with the snail.

汤姆想，尽管他赶不上他们，他还是可以和蜗牛赛跑。

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But today, relations among states are discussed very much like a competition or race, and few have run it as well as China in the modern era.

但今天，我们谈论的国家关系很像是一场竞赛或是赛跑，在现在这个时代没有几个国家跑得像中国这样好。

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If you want to go run a race, for example, you train beforehand.

就像你要想赛跑事先需要练习一样。

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