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Painful memories, in summer and winter vacations we had calligraphy class, foreign language classes, International Mathematical Olympiad training class and violin class, and so on.

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对呀，比如以前电影《泰坦尼克号》的男主角莱奥纳多迪卡布里奥，已经从原来的高富帅形象变成现在的土肥圆了，满脸络腮胡不说，身材更是走样得不得了。

duìya ，bǐrú yǐqián diànyǐng Tàitǎnníkè hào 》de nánzhǔjué Láiàonàduō Díkǎbùlǐào ，yǐjīng cóng yuánlái de gāo fù shuài xíngxiàng biànchéng xiàn zài de tǔ féi yuán le ，mǎnliǎn luòsāihú bù shuō ，shēncái gèng shì zǒuyàng de bùdeliǎo 。

Yes, like Leonardo DiCaprio, the star of the old film Titanic, has already gone from being TRH to being a UFR, or uncouth, fat and round-bellied guy. Without even mentioning the facial hair over his whole face, he's really lost his figure.

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是啊，快船队这次签了上赛季效力于火箭队的大前锋约什史密斯，控卫普里吉奥尼，甚至还把前火箭队队员查克海耶斯也招入麾下，看来里弗斯是真的跟火箭队杠上了。

shì a ，kuàichuánduì zhècì qiān le shàng sàijì xiàolì yú Huǒjiànduì de dà qiánfēng yuēshíshǐmìsī ，kòngwèi pǔlǐjíàoní ，shènzhì hái bǎ qián Huǒjiànduì duìyuán chákèhǎiyésī yě zhāo rù huī xià ，kànlai Lǐfúsī shì zhēnde gēn Huǒjiànduì gàng shàng le 。

Yes, the Clippers have signed Josh Smith, who played as a power forward for the Rockets last season, point guard Pablo Prigioni and they even recruited former Rockets player Chuck Hayes, which suggests Rivers is really gunning for the Rockets.

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在那不勒斯、拉齐奥和利古里亚，狂风刮倒树木，多名路人被压身亡。

zài Nàbùlèsī 、Lāqíào hé Lìgǔlǐyà ，kuángfēng guādǎo shùmù ，duō míng lùrén bèi yā shēnwáng 。

In Naples, Lazio and Liguria, the wind blew down trees, and crushed many pedestrians to death.

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小学时候我们班就有三类人：“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩（比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》）；“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器，还奥数好英语好钢琴八级；还有一种人没啥当，只好当“井货”（横竖都是二）。

xiǎoxué shíhou wǒmen bān jiù yǒu sān lèi rén ：“xiānrén ”jiùshì nàzhǒng kàn gèzhǒng gāoduān guài shū de qípā （bǐrú kǎ ěr wéi nuò de 《yǔzhòu qíqù quánjí 》）；“wánrén ”zhèzhǒng rén huì tiàowǔ huì chànggē huì zhǔchí jiémù huì gèzhǒng yuèqì ，hái ÀoShù hǎo Yīngyǔ hǎo gāngqín bā jí ；háiyǒu yīzhǒng rén méi shá dāng ，zhǐhǎo dāng “jǐng huò ”（héngshu dōu shì èr ）。

There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).

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所谓雄伟和秀美，所谓外向和内向，所谓戏剧型的和图画型的，所谓戴奥尼苏斯艺术和阿波罗艺术，所谓“金刚怒目，菩萨低眉”，所谓“静如处女，动如脱兔”，姚姬传所谓的阳刚和阴柔，都无非是这两种气质的注脚。

suǒwèi xióngwěi hé xiùměi ，suǒwèi wàixiàng hé nèixiàng ，suǒwèi xìjù xíng de hé túhuà xíng de ，suǒwèi Dàiàonísūsī yìshù hé Ābōluó yìshù ，suǒwèi “jīngāngnùmù ，púsà dīméi ”，suǒwèi “jìng rú chǔnǚ ，dòng rú tuōtù ”，Yáo Jīchuán suǒwèi de yánggāng hé yīnróu ，dōu wúfēi shì zhè liǎng zhǒng qìzhì de zhùjiǎo 。

Majesty and grace, extroversion and introversion, theater and painting, Dionysusian art and Apollonian art, the fierce stare of an attendant of the Buddha and the lowered gaze of the Bodhisattva, or the coyness of the maid and the rapidity of the rabbit from 'The Nine Situations' in Sunzi's Art of War, and Yao Nai's concept of masculine and feminine, are all but footnotes to these two aspects.

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越绕越糊涂，什么归因偏差，片面归因的，别说得这么深奥，生怕别人不知道你假正经啊，来点深入浅出，浅显易懂的。

yuè rào yuè hútu ，shénme guīyīn piānchā ，piànmiàn guīyīn de ，bié shuō de zhème shēn ào ，shēngpà biérén bù zhīdào nǐ jiǎ zhèngjing ā ，lái diǎnr shēnrùqiǎnchū ，qiǎnxiǎnyìdǒng de 。

The more you explain the less I understand. What is attribution bias? What is subjective attribution? Don't be so abstruse, just so people won't see through your serious pose. Can you put it in layman's terms so that it's easy to understand, please?

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一年一度的奥斯卡颁奖典礼又要到了，要不要来我家看？

yī nián yīdù de àosīkǎ bānjiǎngdiǎnlǐ yòu yào dào le ，yào bù yào lái wǒjiā kàn ？

The annual Academy Awards ceremony is almost here. Do you want to come to watch it at my house?

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日本奥林匹克委员会主席竹田恒和19日说，他今年6月任期结束时会卸任，不寻求连任，同时辞去国际奥委会委员职务。竹田涉嫌行贿、换取东京奥运会承办权，遭法国检察机关调查。

Rìběn Àolínpǐkè wěiyuánhuì zhǔxí zhútiánhéng hé rì shuō ，tā jīnnián yuè rènqī jiéshù shí huì xièrèn ，bù xúnqiú liánrèn ，tóngshí cíqù GuójìÀowěihuì wěiyuán zhíwù 。Zhútián shèxián xínghuì 、huànqǔ Dōngjīng Àoyùnhuì chéngbànquán ，zāo Fǎguó jiǎnchá jīguān diàochá 。

Japanese Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda said on the 19th that he will step down at the end of his term of office in June this year and will not seek re-election. He will also resign as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Tsunekazu Takeda was suspected of bribery in exchange for the right to host the Tokyo Olympics and was investigated by the French prosecutors.

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他就是北京奥运会吉祥物的设计师。

tā jiù shì Běijīng\'àoyùnhuì jíxiángwù de shèjìshī 。

He was the designer of the Beijing Olympic mascot.

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