When she was three steps from him, the hands flew apart and his wrecked face and the terror of eyes gloried in burst veins stopped her.

在还有三步远的时候，老人移开了手,露出了带有着恐惧的眼睛,和兴奋得青筋暴突的脸。

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That's a great idea except for the fact that you just wrecked the philosophical point.

想法不错,只不过,你避开了我们今天要谈论的哲学问题。

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