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1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

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还不止这些呢！西进运动的时候，就连不食人间烟火的传教士都没能抵挡住金子的诱惑，还有很多黑奴也从主人家里逃出来去淘金了！

hái bùzhǐ zhèxiē ne ！xījìn yùndòng de shíhou ，jiù lián bù shí rénjiān yānhuǒ de chuánjiàoshì dōu méi néng dǐdǎng zhù jīnzi de yòuhuò ，háiyǒu hěn hēinú yě cóng zhǔrén jiālǐ táo chūlai qù táojīn le ！

And not just them! During the time of America's Western expansion, even other-worldly missionaries couldn't resist the allure of gold. Plus, a lot of black slaves escaped from their masters' homes and ran off to look for gold!

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威尼斯商户通常在店门口用金属条或木条挡水，但这次动用水泵排水。

Wēinísī shānghù tōngcháng zài diàn ménkǒu yòng jīnshǔ tiáo huò mù tiáo dǎng shuǐ ，dàn zhè cì dòngyòng shuǐbèng páishuǐ 。

Normally Venetian merchants would use metal or wooden planks to stop water from entering their store entrance but this time they use water pumps to drain water.

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副市长路易吉布鲁尼亚罗说，在建的水下坝原本应能阻挡洪水，建设项目却因超支和腐败一拖再拖。

fù shìzhǎng lùyìjí bùlǔníyàluó shuō ，zàijiàn de shuǐxiàbà yuánběn yīng néng zǔdǎng hóngshuǐ ，jiànshè xiàngmù què yīn chāozhī hé fǔbài yītuōzàituō 。

Deputy Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said that the underwater dam currently under construction could have prevented the floods. However the construction project was delayed due to overspending and corruption.

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下一则新闻带您来关心，共享经济势不可挡，已经成为新创公司间最脍炙人口的概念...

xià yī zé xīnwén dài nín lái guānxīn ，gòngxiǎng jīngjì shì bùkě dǎng ，yǐjīng chéngwéi xīnchuàng gōngsī jiān zuì kuàizhìrénkǒu de gàiniàn ...

News presenter: And coming up, how the sharing economy trend can't be held back, already becoming the hottest new concept for start-ups...

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不行的，那是手动挡汽车。咱们自动挡的不行。

bùxíng de ，nà shì shǒudòngdǎng qìchē 。zánmen zìdòngdǎng de bùxíng 。

That won't work. That is a manual transmission. It wouldn't work with our automatic.

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就是啊，你看这哪是书海，明明就是人海嘛！看来大家还是抵挡不住“书香”的诱惑啊！

jiùshì ā ，nǐ kàn zhè nǎ shì shūhǎi ，míngmíng jiùshì rénhǎi ma ！kànlai dàjiā háishì dǐdǎngbùzhù “shūxiāng ”de yòuhuò ā ！

For sure! Look around. Where is there a sea of books? It's just a sea of people! It looks like everyone is still unable to resist the temptation of literature!

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你是谁啊？敢挡姑奶奶的路？

nǐ shì shéi a ？gǎn dǎng gūnǎinai de lù ？

Who are you? Do you dare to get in my way?

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你急什么呀，兵来将挡，水来土掩嘛。

nǐ jí shénme ya ，bīng lái jiàng dǎng ，shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn ma 。

What are you worried about? There's a solution to every situation.

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我知道。新交规真严格。遮挡号牌扣12分，酒驾12分，闯红灯6分，超速6分，抽烟，接打电话，不系安全带都要扣分。这样下去的话，我的驾照很快就要被扣了。

wǒ zhīdào 。xīn jiāoguī zhēn yángé 。zhēdǎng hàopái kòu shíèr fēn ，jiǔjià shíèr fēn ，chuǎng hóngdēng liù fēn ，chāosù liù fēn ，chōuyān ，jiē dǎ diànhuà ，bù jì ānquándài dōuyào kòufēn 。zhèyàng xiàqu dehuà ，wǒ de jiàzhào hěnkuài jiùyào bèi kòu le 。

I know. The new regulations are so strict. 12 points for obscuring a license plate, 12 points for drunk driving, 6 points for running a red light, 6 points for speeding, and smoking, answering the phone, and not wearing a seat belt all get you points. At this rate I'm definitely going to lose my license soon.

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还有灯光，说了几遍了，这个场景是晚上，你不要直接把灯打在朱丽叶脸上，要朦胧一点。那个道具，那么几根树枝怎么挡得住罗密欧啊！他是躲在树丛里的呀！

háiyǒu dēngguāng ，shuō le jǐ biàn le ，zhè ge chǎngjǐng shì wǎnshang ，nǐ bù yào zhíjiē bǎ dēng dǎ zài Zhūlìyè liǎn shàng ，yào ménglóng yīdiǎn 。nà ge dàojù ，nàme jǐ gēn shùzhī zěnme dǎngdezhù Luómìōu a ！tā shì duǒ zài shùcóng lǐ de ya ！

Then there‘s the lighting! I told you many times; this scene is at night! You don’t want to shine the light directly on Juliet‘s face; it needs to be dimmer. That prop! With just a few branches how will it block Romeo? He’s hiding in a bush!

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