Then the wise man took a piece of paper and drew a straight line down the middle.

然后，智者拿出一张纸，在中间画了一条直线。

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A few even bounced straight back at the observer, which Rutherford said was as unexpected as firing a cannon shell at tissue paper and having it come back and hit you.

甚至极少数发生大角度的散射，卢瑟福后来回忆说：“这是我一生中从未有的最难以置信的事，它好比你对一张纸发射出一发炮弹，结果被反弹回来而打到自己身上。”

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Interbank lending rates, though still unusually high, are edging down, and the asset-backed commercial paper market ticked up on January 3rd after falling for 20 straight weeks.

银行间贷款利率虽然依旧很高，但是已经下降。抵押商业贷款在连续下跌20周后，1月3日初见上升。

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And I knowed I could pray now. But I didn't do it straight off, but laid the paper down and set there thinking -- thinking how good it was all this happened so, and how near I come to being lost and going to hell.

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