Then, as I ran across the square, Watcher the blacksmith, who stood there with his apprentice, reading the placard, called out to me, "Don't hurry so, my boy;"

当我跑着穿过广场的时候，正在布告栏前和徒弟一起看布告的瓦克特尔铁匠朝我高喊：“小家伙，不用赶得那么急；

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Then the watcher announced that the "Lindy Hop" was the name of the dance, and it has stuck since then.

接着，观察者宣布，这支舞的名字是“林迪舞”，并且从那以后就一直沿用了下来。

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Presently the watcher began to nod; his head drooped lower and lower, both men began to snore now.

不一会儿，看守开始打盹了。他的头越来越低，两个人都打起鼾来。

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