If I sat home and worried about all this stuff, I'd go crazy.

要是我坐在家里为所有这些事发愁，我会发疯的。

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The third night he sat down again on his bench and said quite sadly, "If I could but shudder."

第三天晚上，他又坐在工作台上上，伤心地说：“要是我能害怕就好了。”

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He sat very close to me, and opened the book as if he was opening a treasure that nobody had ever seen.

他坐得离我很近，并打开了那本书，好像打开了一个没人见过的宝藏。

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