The sails are torn; they won't catch the wind.

帆破了， 兜不住风。

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The wind redoubled in fury, and all at once the great tree fell, torn up by the roots, and lay among the pitying Reeds.

风愈发地强劲，就在一瞬间，巨大的橡树倒下了，被狂风连根拔起，轰的一声，倒在深表同情的芦苇丛中。

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Adversity is like a strong wind. It... tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that afterward we see ourselves as we really are, and not merely as we might like to be.

逆境犹如劲风，它……扯掉我们身上的所有，却扯不掉那坚不可摧的东西，让我们看到真实的自己，而不只是我们可能的样子。

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