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One line pokes fun at China's less-than-stellar national football team, who failed to make it to the last and next World Cups, by parodying a song being played to distraction around the city and in Olympic venues, called "Beijing Welcomes You".

一个对技术平平、未获得上一届和下一届世界杯参赛资格的中国国家足球队嘲讽帖子，滑稽地模仿了那首在北京和各比赛场地播放娱乐大众的&北京欢迎您&来取笑该队。

South Korea is seeking to ease some domestic irritation, with a move that could complicate American-Korean trade relations. Seoul is amending its promise to resume U.S. beef imports by imposing new trade conditions aimed at placating political critics of the South Korean president.

首尔政府正在修正先前做出的恢复进口美国牛肉的承诺，为美国牛肉进口制定了新的贸易条件，希望以此化解韩国总统在政治上受到的批评。

This poem became very famous, and people began to associate war dead and veterans with poppies.

这首诗由此出名，人们开始把血红的罂粟花和战场上的死难者和老兵联系起来。

And as E. Rushmore Coglan prattled of this little planet I thought with glee of a great almost-cosmopolite who wrote for the whole world and dedicated himself to Bombay. In a poem he has to say that there is pride and rivalry between the cities of the earth, and that "the men that breed from them, they traffic up and down, but cling to their cities' hem as a child to the mother's gown."

在一首诗中，他不得不说，地球上的城市之间不免有些妄自尊大，互相竞争，&靠这城市抚育着人们，让他们来来往往，但仅仅依附于城市的折缝之中，有如孩子依附于母亲的睡袍一样。&

The reason for this situation is supposed to be that "preludes" is relatively short and has no development in theme and style.

究其原因，可能是评论界认为这首&前奏曲&在主题和风格上并没有什么独特的发展，加之它篇幅较短，表现的主题不仅没有超出《普鲁弗洛克的情歌》的范围，反而还受到了一定限制。

I want only presenting a song in this life for me.

我要为我这生命中的唯一献上一首歌。

If you know sth. about the author's family background, you will appreciate the poem on an even profounder level.

如果你对作者的出身背景有所了解，你就会在更深的层次上理解这首诗。

The system — the first of its kind in the world — does not predict quakes, but officials say it can give people enough time to get away from windows that could shatter, or to turn off ovens and prevent fires from razing homes.

该系统--世界上的首例--不能够预测地震，但是，官方说它可以是民众有足够的时间来躲避窗户那样容易破碎的东西，或者熄灭炉子来防止火灾的发生。

The system — the first of its kind in the world — does not predict quakes, but officials say it can give people enough time to get away from windows that could shatter, or to turn off ovens and prevent fires from razing homes.

这一系统——是世界上的首例——并不能预测地震，但是官方称它却能使人们有足够的时间逃离可能震碎的窗户，或者关闭火炉避免房屋被毁灭。

The system — the first of its kind in the world — does not predict quakes, but officials say it can give people enough time to get away from windows that could shatter, or to turn off ovens and prevent fires from razing homes.

该系统作为世界上的首例，不能预测地震，但是官方称他可以让人们有足够的时间远离可能破碎的窗户，或者关上炉子，以免发生火灾烧毁房屋。

She gently rebuff ed him, but agreed that they could be friends

她婉言拒绝了，但同意作为朋友相处。

If in the penal farm, you were sure to be criticized.

要是在劳改农场，你等着挨绳子吧！