市长揭开了宴会的序幕。

The mayor kicked off the party.

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他的演说是宴会的开端。

His speech was the party starter.

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是关于这次宴会的事，很抱歉我不得不这样跟你说话。

It's about this Banquet, and very sorry I am to have to speak to you like this.

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The wine would freeze on the way from the kitchen through-- it is sad--to the big dining hall.

从厨房到宴会厅 酒全部都上冻了,这真糟糕,宽敞的舞会厅就这么成摆设了

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But the people that he visited when he was snatching huge roasts off the table at the fancy parties in London commented on these facial ticks that he had that would bend his face.

不过,那些在伦敦的豪华宴会上,目睹他大快朵颐的人评价说,他脸部的抽搐使其面目扭曲

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