The landscape is broken only by a string of villages.

这风景仅仅是被一排村庄所破坏。

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Your change is like a broken string. No matter how it is connected again but the sound has gone wrong.

断了的弦再怎么连，我的感觉你已听不见，你的转变像断掉的弦，再怎么接音都不对，你的改变我能够分辨。

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The lowest bass string was broken and replaced with a motorcycle brake cable, giving certain chords a resonant buzz.

最下面的低音弦断了，使用摩托车的刹车线代替，因此一些和弦音会有嗡嗡的共鸣声。

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As Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam had a string of hits in the 1960s and 70s, including Wild World and Morning Has Broken.

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As a singer Cat Stevens had a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including Moon Shadow, Wild World and Morning Has Broken.

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