我收到一个代表“幸运”的大象雕像，在风水学里说，把它面朝光(窗)背朝门摆在屋里会给你带来繁荣。

I have received a "lucky" elephant statue that it is believed in Feng Shui that brings prosperity in house if you keep it with the face to the light (window) and his back to the door.

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首先，把你的课本拿出来，复习你今天在学校里上过的课程。然后做一些练习，或者背一首诗。

First, take out your textbook, go over the lesson you have today in the school, then do some exercise or recite a poem.

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奥威尔抱怨说，他做洗碗工时，觉得背好像要断了，脑袋里“装满了滚烫的灰烬”。

Orwell complained that when working as a plongeur he felt as if his back were broken and his head "filled with hot cinders".

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I would recite, whatever, the Articles of Confederation I would rise on my hind legs, quaking in my boots, and I would begin until I made a mistake, whereupon I would be castigated, berated, totally stripped of self-esteem by this monster who would that inflict the same pain on somebody else.

我会背，比如说，联邦条例,我会抬起我的后腿，它在靴子里颤抖，然后开始背，直到犯错，于是，我就会被批评严惩，自尊完全被这个怪物践踏了,他对其他人也会如此加注痛苦。

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