My rudimentary umbrella was a great source of joy for these children, as if a special toy, and in almost every house the umbrella would be a source of fascination, the star of the show.

我那把普通的伞带给孩子们快乐，就像是一个玩具，而几乎在每间屋子，它就像舞台上的明星一样，让大家为之着迷。

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This means the following: if it is raining at the moment I leave the house, I will take an umbrella, but if it is not raining, I won't.

这句话的意思是：如果我离开家的时候下雨，我就带把雨伞，但如果不下雨，我就不带了。

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Another common superstition is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house - it will either bring misfortune to the person that opened it or to the household.

另一个普遍的迷信是在室内打伞——这可能会给打开伞的人或者房子带来厄运。

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When we visited new Five-Star winner Mandarin Oriental, Boston, for example, everyone from the housekeeper to the bellhop knew our name, and the room service attendant who delivered breakfast suggested we take a house umbrella on a rainy day before we even thought to do so ourselves.

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We may just want to know whether to wear a sweater, a raincoat, our boots or carry an umbrella each day when we leave the house.

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"The Americans aren't going to sacrifice anything for Tokyo, which means we need something more than their nuclear umbrella, " says Taro Kono, a lower house representative of the ruling party.

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