Common Talk Weeklyshuang yu zhou kan
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World in Words
October 22, 2003

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"This whole thing has been so much more difficult than anything else I have ever done ... And I don't think I can do anything like this again."

The American illusionist spoke to CNN's Robyn Curnow Monday via audio link from his box on the banks of the River Thames on Oct. 14th.

“整件事情比我以往所做的艰难得多……我想以后再也不敢这样冒险了。”

10月14日，魔术师大卫·布莱恩通过通话系统告诉美国有线新闻网CNN记者说。

"It is both the hardest and the most beautiful thing I've ever done," said David Blaine after his 44-day stunt.

“这是我所做过的最艰难而又最美丽的事情。”

美魔术师成功绝食44天后说道。

"Japan Shocked at Being Placed Way Behind."

A Tokyo newspaper greeted the flight with this headline after China's successful launching of a man into space last week.

“日本震惊：我们落后了。”

中国“神舟”5号的成功飞行后，东京某报用了此标题。

"I had to stay strong. I didn't want to go like that. I didn't want to be eaten by fish. I was really scared." Melina Lopez, 32, survived for 13 hours in the Gulf of Mexico when she fell overboard last week.

“我必须保持强壮。我不希望再有这样的事情发生。我不希望被鱼吃掉。我当时真的很害怕。”

32岁的蒙尼娜·洛佩兹上周从甲板上掉进墨西哥海湾，13个小时后，她被救上来时说道。

"Clearly this tiger should not have been in any place in New York city outside of a zoo." Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg said when a tiger and an alligator were found in a Manhattan apartment last week.

“很明显，这只老虎除了在动物园，不应该在纽约市的其他任何地方。”

上周，纽约市曼哈顿区的一套公寓里发现一只老虎和短吻鳄，纽约市长布隆伯格如是说。。