旅行的准备工作做了几个月，对横贯西伯利亚火车的好奇则有几年了，当这一时刻最后到来时，一切要比我预先想的好得多。

After months of preparation and years of wondering what it must be like to board the Trans-Siberian, the moment when it finally came was so much better than I had expected.

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贝琳达去斯瓦特村庄的旅程开始于五年前，她在英国踏上火车那一刻遇到了叶海亚汗。

Belinda's journey to the Swat Valley began some five years ago when she stepped on to a train in the UK and met Yahya Khan.

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当这种对比做得恰到好处，且对于两个时代都有深刻见解时，这两条线就能够合二为一，编织成一幅豪华的绣帷。 迈克尔·坎宁安的“时时刻刻”，以及拜亚特的“隐之书”都是文学小说里的成功例子。

When the counterpointing is done with care and insight, in literary fiction such as Michael Cunningham’s “The Hours” and A.S. Byatt’s “Possession”, the strands weave together into a rich tapestry.

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He's taken to the beautiful city on the island of Scheria, Phaiacia, and is treated with great respect as you're supposed to in the Mycenaean world.

他被带到斯刻里亚岛上的一个美丽城市,腓埃基亚,他受到众人的礼遇,就好像在迈锡尼王国一样

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