It is a sunlit story of the warm south: Mark Twain rather than Tennessee Williams, complete with drive, wit, love, pride, hope and so on.

整日沐浴在温暖南方的艳阳之中，他的童年经历更倾向自力更生式的少年马克·吐温，而非一直活在敏感之中的小田纳西·威廉姆斯（Tennessee Williams），生活充满了动力，才智、爱情、骄傲和希望等种种元素无一不缺。

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The guests had all been personally invited by Mr Mandela to mark the inaugural journey of South Africa's newly renovated equivalent of the Orient Express, called the Blue Train.

曼德拉先生亲自邀请客人举行的这场派对，是为庆祝重获新生的“蓝色列车”的首次起航，该列车有南非“东方快车”之誉。

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Did you hear about Mark Sanford, the governor of South Carolina?

你们听说南卡罗来纳州州长马克·桑福德了吗？

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Allegations of marital infidelity have livened up the governor's race in South Carolina, where a field of Democrats and Republicans is vying to replace Republican Governor Mark Sanford.

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