The fresh waters that once flushed the canals of Basra — the Venice of the Middle East, it was called, though long ago — are fetid and filled with garbage.

曾经布满了运河水道的巴士拉——很久以前有着东方威尼斯的美誉——现在淡水正变得恶臭，堆满了垃圾。

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Though I transferred to this school not long ago, I have fitted into the class because my classmates were very nice.

尽管我不久前才转学到这所学校，但是我现在已经融入班级了，因为我的同学们都非常好。

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Long ago, though, infrared images would have showed a brighter Kuiper, due to the presence of more debris-and more collisions-the model suggests.

但是，模型提出，由于有更多的残骸和更多的撞击，红外线图像会展示出一个很久之前的更明亮的柯伊伯。

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Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

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