When I watched the workman, I came up with an idea that I would build a car to drive into the garage in celebration of it.

当我看着工人时，我就有了一个想法，我要造一辆车开进车库来庆祝一下。

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In Gough Square, in front of Samuel Johnson's tall and staring house, I stopped for a while to watch a workman digging up a drain, taking the opportunity to gaze down into the rich strata that lay beneath the London pavement.

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