希尼先生一次又一次回到了“笔”这个意象中。他开始了他漫长的写作生涯，这支笔就像一支枪，舒适地依偎在他的手指和拇指之间。

Time and again, Mr. Heaney returns to the image of the pen. He began his long career writing of such a pen, nestling snug as a gun between finger and thumb.

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电影中，枪能使人在瞬间毙命，而实际情况并非如此。

In the movies guns kill people instantly, but it's not like that in real life.

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在他们的新书《梵高：人生》中，他们认为这位荷兰印象派画家“对枪一无所知”，而且在现场或其他地方“也没有发现枪”。

In Van Gogh: The Life, they claim that the Dutch impressionist "knew nothing about guns" and that "no gun was ever found" at the scene or anywhere else.

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