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In his paintings, there are simply ordinary and unremarkable sceneries, rather than hysteric fury or idyllic charm.

我们所看到的风景画就应是王洪云画中所表现的那些最普通的角落。

He said he would rather attend college or start a business, but acknowledged that he was ill-equipped to do either one.

在一次New York Times 的采访中，杨透露他宁愿去上大学或者做生意，但是到现在谁都知道他不可能也没有资本过那种正常人的生活。

They wish children get success, if children can into local or oversea university, they rather do any immolate.

他们希望孩子能取得更好的成绩。如果能让孩子进入本地或海外大学，他们愿意做出任何牺牲。

An implied contract is one in which the intention of the parties may be judged from their acts rather than from written or spoken words.

订立合同的意图不是通过语言而是通过行为表示出来的，被称为是默示合同

Sometimes such communication will come through in direct channeling rather than be "heard" in one's mind or ear.

有时候这类通讯将透过直接通灵，而不是从你的头脑或耳朵"听到"得来。

In one's own right - by reason of one's own ability or ownership etc.;"she's a rich woman in her own right rather than by inheritance";"an excellent novel in its own right" http://www.thefreedictionary.com/in+one 's+own+right

根据这些解释，in one's own right 应该是指某人以自身的能力获得某些成就或称号。文章这里就是说根据他自身的做法/条件，还够不上艺术家的名号，与"自成一派"的艺术家意思不同。或者我改译成就其自身成就而言还算不上艺术家。

Rather than showing the reality nakedly, he prefers to focus on basic reality, or in another word, on the more permanent realistic topic: what Li's glamour lies in the misery and happiness in one's life and to turn the reality right now passionately into the homeland.

而他所呈现的是内心幻像，他不是赤裸地展示现实，而是关注基本的现实，或者说更为对应于永久性的现实命题：一个生命本身的痛苦与幸福，并充满激情地将此时此地的现实转化为家园，这就是他的魅力所在。

Holding: The owner of the property on which buried money which is found embedded in the soil under circumstances that do not support the idea that the money was lost due to neglect, carelessness or inadvertence, but rather which circumstances suggest that the original owner intended to return to claim the money, has the presumed right to possess the found money against all but the original owner.

裁决：当这些钱是由于其主人故意埋在那里并有意图回来取，而不是由于疏忽、大意、或不经心丢在那里的情况下，埋藏地的产权所有者对这笔钱应该比其它任何人(这笔钱原来的真正主人除外)更有理由拥有所有权。

Certain individuals may prefer an inclining bed so that they can watch CD or eat breakfast in bed rather comfortably.

某些人可能更喜欢一个倾斜床，使他们能够观赏CD或吃早餐在床上，而舒适。

The solution here presented is a broad rule of incompetency, rather than such alternatives as incompetency only as to material matters, leaving the matter to the discretion of the judge, or recognizing no incompetency.

为解决这一问题，这里没有采用下述选择性的办法，即：或者主审法官仅对于重要事项无作证资格，这—事项交由法官去决定，或者认可主审法官并非无作证资格，二者择一。

For a big chunk of credit-card losses; the number of filings (and thus charge-off rates) would be rising again, whether

年美国个人破产法的一个改动使得破产登记急速下降，而后引起了信用卡大规模的亏损。

Eph. 4:23 And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind

弗四23 而在你们心思的灵里得以更新