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Could it handle one of the biggest jets in the sky, at sixty tons over its normal landing weight? 在超出正常着陆重量60吨的情况下，他是否能够控制空中最重的飞机之一？ But most of all, he had to talk, the passengers, to t

伦敦地铁惊现辱人“胖子卡”

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The two main characters went through many iterations before they ended up as Buzz Lightyear and Woody. 经过反复讨论，两个主角的名字最终定为巴斯光年和胡迪。 Every couple of weeks, Lasseter and his team would put together thei

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When Catmull, Jobs, and Lasseter got settled at the conference table, Katzenberg was forthright. 卡特穆尔、乔布斯和拉塞特在会议室一落座，卡曾伯格就看着拉塞特，开门见山地说： John, since you won't come work for me

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ELEVEN Have you read his article? he said, turning to Kritsky again, sitting down to the table and clearing away from it a heap of half-filled cigarettes to make room. I have not read it, said Kritsky morosely, evidently not wishing to join in the co

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TWENTY-SEVEN It all depends on what time! There are times when one would give a whole month for a shilling and there are times when you would not give half an hour at any price. Is not that so, Kitty? Why are you so glum? Im all right. Where are you

【有声英语文学名著】安娜卡列宁娜（31）

THIRTY-ONE Levin arrived at his sisters village at noon and left his horse with a friendly old peasant, the husband of his brothers nurse. Wishing to hear particulars of the hay-harvest from this old man, Levin went to speak to him in his apiary. Par

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EIGHTEEN Chapter 13 LEVIN put on his high boots and, for the first time, a cloth coat instead of a fur, and went out to attend to his farm. Stepping now on a piece of ice, now into the sticky mud, he crossed the stream of dazzling water. Spring is th

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THIRTY-NINE Chapter 30 BY the end of September the timber for the buildings to be erected on the land let to the peasant-group was carted, the butter was all sold and the profits divided. Everything on the estate was going well practically, at least

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FIFTY-TWO Well, and so you have settled down here? said Vronsky in order to begin a conversation. You are still busy at the same thing? he went on, recollecting that he had heard the other was writing something. Yes, I am writing the second part of T

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SEVENTY-THREE The most solemn moment had arrived. The elections were about to begin. The leaders of both parties were making estimates and calculating on their fingers the white and black balls they could reckon on. The debate about Flerov had given

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SEVENTY-SIX Chapter 5 AT the Matine Concert there were two very interesting items. One was King Lear on the Heath, a fantasia, and the other was a quartet dedicated to the memory of Bach. Both pieces were new and in the new style, and Levin wished to

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SIXTY-EIGHT Is it much further, Michael? she asked the clerk, to dispel the thoughts that frightened her. They say its seven versts from this village. The calche was descending the village street to a small bridge. A crowd of merry peasant women, wit

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SIXTY-THREE And you? What are you dissatisfied with? she said with the same smile. Her disbelief in his dissatisfaction with himself was pleasant, and unconsciously he challenged her to give reasons for her disbelief. I am happy, but dissatisfied wit