When Simon Black and his wife Marianne first saw their Shanghai home, its condition was, in a word, horrible.

西蒙•布莱克（Simon Black）与妻子玛丽安（Marianne）初次见到上海的家时，那房子的情形，一句话——糟透了。

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One day, Simon came out and saw a very big black cat sleeping on the sofa.

一天，西蒙出来看见一只大黑猫在沙发上睡觉。

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One day Simon came out and saw a very big black cat sleeping on the sofa.

一天西蒙外出看见一个大黑猫睡在沙发上。

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Black Cats keeper Simon Mignolet was at fault for the opening goal, spilling a high cross from Craig Westcarr.

BBC: Simon Mignolet fails to deal with Craig Westcarr's cross

The hour-long Jonathan Ross Show began at 21:45 BST, following ratings winner The X Factor and the results show of Simon Cowell's Red or Black?

BBC: Jonathan Ross pulls in 4.3m viewers to debut ITV1 show

Simon Woolley, head of Operation Black Vote, a non-partisan group, says that black Africans are becoming more politically engaged, although they still lag far behind other minority ethnic groups.

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