And so, when the show started he was in the bathroom, on the pot with the door open, and then he got up, and he hiked up his pants, and he waltzed out and he gave his reading of Howl.

就是说，当演出开始时他在卫生间里，在马桶上，开着门，然后他起来，接着他提起裤子，轻快地走出来,朗读了《嚎叫》

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The chateau was so big that when it freezes, they were trying to get to the bathroom and most of them never made it and peed on these long corridors that some of you have seen.

那城堡太大了,以至于到了冬天结冰的时候,那些贵族们连想去卫生间都去不了,只能在长长的走廊里方便,如你们中有些人见过的那样

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