他们开始前在地板上铺了报纸。

Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.

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一天晚上晚餐前，父亲发现儿子正在地板上玩木屑。

One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood scraps on the floor.

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而第二件事发生时，我蹲在餐厅地板上，在手提包里一堆杂七杂八的东西中徒劳地翻找，英国石油的前首席执行官则在一边静静地看着。

The second was done with the former head of BP quietly watching as I squatted on the floor of the restaurant and rummaged in vain through the squalid contents of my handbag.

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