However, this story begins as the Bigtrees are in decline.

然而，本故事开始的时候，大树家族已经趋向没落了。

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I have in my possession a photo of Arkady mikhailovich-the author of the Great Baroque Soviet encyclopedia-which was taken at the exact moment that this story begins.

在我的私人物品中，有一张阿尔卡季·米哈伊洛维奇(Arkady Mikhailovich)——《苏联巴洛克艺术大百科全书》的作者——的照片，这个故事此刻就以这张照片开头。

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This story begins with me saying that when I get back, or return, to my desk, I clear off a few stacks of paper on the top of my desk so I have some space to work.

我一直所从事的文件是一份下周就要到期的报告，并且截止日期很快就要到了。 “截止日期”是某工作必须完成的日期。

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It's a huge book which is all about this short story by Balzac, "Sarrasine," that he begins this essay by quoting.

这本大部头的书都是在讲巴尔扎克的短篇小说《沙拉辛》的，在文章开头他引用道。

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As he begins to tell you this story, you start picturing Peggy Sue as a rotting corpse.

在他开始告诉你这些的时候，你开始想象Peggy，Sue是一个腐烂尸体的样子。

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But this story begins long before his vision of 3 years ago.

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However, this story begins as the Bigtrees are in decline.

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To find out, we had to go back to where this story begins, back to the spring of 1967, when fierce debate was under way in the Senate over funding for anti-poverty programs.

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