我们在河边享受了一天垂钓之乐。

We enjoyed a day's fishing by the river.

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我们在河边闲逛了一整天。

We spent the day messing around on the river.

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孩子们在河边玩耍时，其中一个突然落水了。

The kids were playing by the river and one of them fell in.

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placed in a basket lined with tar, put in the river, and so on.

他也被装在一个涂了柏油的篮子里，放在河边等等。

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And there's also kind of the area around the Tate Modern by the river

在泰特现代美术馆附近的河边有一个区域，

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I'll take this even a step further, even though there is no research about this, I bet you this is correct: there is no difference in our levels of wellbeing if our place of residents is by the river or in the .

我会进一步说明，虽然还没有这方面的研究，我敢和你们打赌，下面的说法是正确的：,我们的幸福水平不会有所不同,不论我们是生活在河边,还是呆在监狱。

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