China has a choice: to take the dark path of bogus fears or the path of progress lit by science.

中国面临抉择：是选择虚假恐惧的黑暗，还是科学上进的光明。

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Knowing that fear was a gateway to the dark path, Tinte brought Quinlan his mother's Gaurdian emblem, worn at the time of the murder.

汀苔了解到恐惧是通往黑暗面的途径，便把昆兰母亲遇害时佩带的守卫者纹章交给了他。

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The path was cool and dark with overhanging trees.

小路树木掩映，凉爽幽暗。

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The child hurried the cow through the dark forest, following a narrow path that led to her grandmother's home.

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Dark air like demonic possession, a sharp path cut across the land by meteorological shears.

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After dark has its attractions as well: buskers stake out small spots of the pedestrian path to serenade the crowd with old-fashioned favourites and new-fangled hits.

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At the end of the day collision-related texting is no more comic than a drunk behind the wheel on a dark road late at night, when someone you love is about to cross his path.

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