Sounds drifted up from the square below: snatches of drunken song, the yowling of a cat in heat, the far-off ring of steel on steel.

传来下面广场的声音：一阵醉酒般的歌声，烫了尾巴的猫叫，远处的金铁交鸣声。

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When at last they reached the town square and the tall white cupola of the city hall loomed up she made her thanks climbed down from the wagon and watched the country woman drive off.

她们终于到了广场，看得见市政厅的圆屋顶了。她向老太婆道谢，爬下货车，眼看着这个老太婆驾车走了。

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In the weeks leading up to take-off, I could feel the constant, seismic rumble of all those barely reined-in pounds per square inch of thrust.

为开机做准备的几周里，我能感觉到持续的，如地震前几乎没有停止过的无处不在的推力的隆隆声。

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