二十一

When I was young, about 11 or 12, someone who did palmistry looked at my palm:"When you are 23 or 24 there will be a big obstacle." But I was young and I did not think about it.

当我还很小的时候，大约十一、二岁时，有一个会看手相的人在看过我的掌纹后说："当你到二十三、四岁时，会有障碍出现。"

Pearl S. Buck, a recipient of Noble prize, was an American woman who had lived in China for about forty years. She was one of the earliest writers who had worked hard for the communication between China and the Western in early 20th Century.

诺贝尔文学奖获得者赛珍珠是一位在中国生活了将近四十年的美国女性，她是二十世纪初最早关心并致力于东西方文化交流的作家之一。

A common accusation levelled against Chinese labourers brought to various British colonies at the end of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century was that they were undesirable because of their penchant for pederasty.

十九世纪末到二十世纪初，英国的各个殖民地共同出现了一种针对中国劳工的控诉：指责他们是一些惹人讨厌的人，因为他们有鸡奸的嗜好。

The dishes included two sheep, four goose, eight chickens, 20 bottles of water, one picul of rice, 30 katis of noodles, four kinds of fruits, and various vegetables and condiments. In the month of October 1408, the King died and was entombed outside An Tek Bon Guh gate on O Hwa Chu Tzu Kang Siong hill.

国王在中国期间的饮食都参照《大明会典》所规定的标准，包括羊两只、鹅四只、鸡八只、水二十桶、大米一担、面三十斤、水果四种、以及各种蔬菜和配料。1408年10月，国王亚都玛吉苏丹不幸逝世，葬于南京安德门外石子岗乌龟山南麓。

They were, in fact, those splendid trees, the giants of the extratropicalzone, the congeners of the Australian and New Zealand eucalyptus, bothsituated under the same latitude as Lincoln Island. Some rose to a heightof two hundred feet. Their trunks at the base measured twenty feet incircumference, and their bark was covered by a network of farrowscontaining a red, sweet-smelling gum.

不错，正是这种美丽的树木，这是一种亚热带的大树，和澳大利亚、新西兰（这两处都和林肯岛在同一纬度）的有加利树属于一类，这些树木有的高达二百英尺，树干下部周围有二十英尺，凹凸不平的树皮有五英寸厚，里面含有芳香的红色树脂。

For a dual-sensor application, the maximum loop resistance for each sensor is 20 W. This means there can be no more than 17.5 W on each of the black and red wires (sensors have a black and a red lead) for single-sensor applications, and no more than 10 W on each of the wires for dual-sensor applications.

双传感器的最高阻值为每个传感器是二十瓦特这意味着可以有不超过一十七点五瓦特对每个黑和红色电线（传感器有一个黑色和一个红色的线）为单传感器的应用，和不超过10 W对双传感器的应用。

Saki Inoue, 22, said she launched the campaign after returning from a year in Los Angeles.

二十二岁的井上沙纪表示，她在洛杉矶生活一年返国后便发起这项活动。

Upon completion of surveying and mapping industry,"Eleventh Five-Year Plan" based on an assessment, well prepared,"Shier Wu" planning of the preparatory work.

在完成测绘事业"十一五"规划评估的基础上，做好编制"十二五"规划的各项准备工作。

Article 9 Where the branch established within China by an international ship agency operator or international ship management operator undertakes the relevant businesses, it shall meet the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 of the Shipping Regulations, and shall make registration in accordance with Articles 10 and 12 of the Shipping Regulations and Articles 7 and 8 of these implementation rules.

第九条 国际船舶代理经营者和国际船舶管理经营者在中国境内的分支机构经营相关业务的，应当符合《海运条例》第九条、第十一条的规定，并按照《海运条例》第十条、第十二条和本实施细则第七条、第八条的规定进行登记。

In the preliminary contest, we step into the society with similar capability, and it's often easy to stand out with more efforts than others. Thus, some people become managers in their twenties, and some others also become managers in their thirties and win the preliminary contest at a later time.

初赛的时候大家都刚刚进社会，大多数都是实力一般的人，这时候努力一点认真一点很快就能让人脱颖而出，于是有的人二十多岁做了经理，有的人迟些也终于赢得了初赛，三十多岁成了经理。

Plunder melds and run with this jewel!

掠夺melds和运行与此宝石！

My dream is to be a crazy growing tree and extend at the edge between the city and the forest.

此刻，也许正是在通往天国的路上，我体验着这白色的晕旋。