Our two-bed house is by the sea in the south-west of England.

我们的两居室在英格兰西南部的海边。

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Building over the lagoon meant that flood water, whether rushing in from the sea or down from the land, could pass underneath the house, minimising damage.

而在环湖礁上的房子，不管洪水是从陆地上冲下来的还是从海里打过来的，都会从房子脚下安全通过，房子反而可以安然无恙。

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Yet the house in the mountains, the house by the sea, and the friends in the city are not neglected, nor are these young women found less attractive because of their special accomplishments.

不论你是住在山区还是海边还是城市，你都不会被忽略，同样那些年轻的因为她们特殊的造诣而魅力四射的女人。

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At the same time, the house opposite his relatives in Little Havana shows a huge picture of the child in the sea, grasping an inner tube, surrounded by porpoises protecting him from the terrors of the deep, with the Virgin Mary behind him and the hand of God stretching down in protection.

ECONOMIST: The tragedy of Elian

Mr McCarter said he had stayed in the house because he liked its idyllic setting, nestled under the cliffs looking out to sea.

BBC: Northern Ireland

Lazaro Gonzalez is Elian's great uncle and had taken care of the boy at his Little Havana home in Miami from his rescue at sea last Thanksgiving day until INS agents removed him from the house in a Saturday morning raid April 22.

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