It was not until Jane was on her death bed a year later that Johnny, seeing his last chance slip away, asked Jane one final time about the yellow ribbon she wore around her neck.

直到有一天，简已经卧床一年，眼看来日无多，约翰想到最后的机会即将悄然而去，便最后一次问简，为什么一生都带着黄丝带。

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Egg-yolks were to be beaten until an egg-ribbon, trickled over the pale yellow surface, took five seconds to dissolve.

蛋黄搅拌前要先花五秒钟的时间来溶解卵黄系带，待卵黄系带溶解后使之缓缓流过其（蛋黄）淡黄色的表面（然后再进行搅拌）。

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And she always wore a yellow dress to match the ribbon around her neck.

她总是穿一件黄色的衣服配在她脖子上的丝带。

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The yellow ribbon ended up becoming ubiquitous during the Iranian hostage crisis.

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Even better, it connects citizens with the soldiers and military families who need a hand, like the Yellow Ribbon Fund, Adopt A Platoon and Any Solider.

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The homefront gets a lot less screen time the camera swings around to focus on military families just long enough to peek through the window at the tearful goodbye and the joyful homecoming and, in between, the occasional yellow-ribbon moment.

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