URUGUAY, lying just across the muddy waters of the River Plate from Argentina, has been fated in recent decades both to be buffeted by, and to benefit from, its big neighbour’s secular instability.

乌拉圭,与阿根廷隔着混浊的拉普拉塔河而相望。 这个国家在最近的一、二十年里，不是受到他的巨人邻居社会经济长期不稳的冲击就是受益于其中。

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Though he had no definite answer to the question, he knew that he and this big family were travelling in two opposite directions. He recalled Mama Huang's remark about "clear and muddy water."

不过他觉得自己跟这个大家庭一天一天地向着两条背驰的路上走了，而同时黄妈所说的“清水浑水”的话，又刺痛他的心。

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For now an electrified barrier lies between the carp and the lake, but a serious proposal has been advanced to re-reverse the river, sever it from the Big Muddy and isolate Lake Michigan from the voracious fish.

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