And in her practical way she scraped together a small square of dust, and with a twig from a pigeon 's nest began drawing a map on the floor.

她用很实际的方法，扫来一小块灰尘，又从鸽子巢里捡出的一根树枝，在地上给他画起地图来。

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Since a twig "s surface area is not much larger than its volume, it ignites quickly."

因为一根嫩叶的表面积比它的体积小一点，所有它点燃地快。

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The fake pilot's head is facing backward and a twig 's been driven up his nose.

那飞机跟苏联第一颗人造卫星是同时代的，里面那个假飞行员的脑袋被人拧得脸朝后，鼻孔里还被塞进了几支枯树枝。

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It's when I'm weary of considerations And life is too much like a pathless wood ; Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open.

那是每逢我厌倦于操心世事,而人生太像一片没有小径的森林,在里面摸索，一头撞在蛛网上，只感到验上又热辣，又痒痒，忽然，一根嫩枝迎面打来,那一只给打中了的眼睛疼得直掉泪。

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