He ushered me through the back door, past neat stacks of hand-split applewood, to a wooden tank, like a giant wine cask cut in half, covered in moss and dripping water through its swollen slats.

他带我穿过后门，经过整齐的手劈苹果木柴堆，来到一个木制水池前。水池像一劈两半的大葡萄桶，布满苔藓，膨胀的木板条间滴着水，池边围着铁丝网。

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Later they put on the clown costumes and took up stage properties like plastic cask, life ring and mops, and dived into water with hilarious moves.

随后又穿上小丑服装，拿起塑料桶、救生圈、拖把等道具，一边做滑稽动作一边跳进水中。

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Redbreast cask strength is neither diluted with water nor chill-filtered, another standard step, which leaves it with a slightly murkier color and noticeably stronger proof, 115 vs. the usual 80, or 57.7% alcohol vs. 40%.

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