“我用心播种这株蕨类植物和竹子。在很短的时间里，这棵蕨类植物很快就从地里长出来了。”老人继续说。

"When I planted the fern and bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. Within a short period of time, the fern quickly grew from the earth," the old man went on.

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我们都很乐意想到现在读这个故事的孩子们，当他们第一次读到时，意识到曾经在很短的时间里，在一个很小的地方，有一群没有偏见的人创造了一个关于对别人的爱和善意的动人的故事。

We both love thinking of the children reading the story today, coming to it for the first time and realizing that once, for a short time and in a small place, a group of prejudice-free people created a touching story of love and kindness towards others.

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以 Facebook 为例，该公司表示，在该链接被重用之前，数据可能会一直存在，通常是“在很短的时间之后”，不过很明显，这段时间的长度可能很不确定。

In the case of Facebook, the company says data may hang around until the URL in question is reused, which is usually "after a short period of time", though obviously that time can vary considerably.

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They were looking down into a lowered place, where something white was lying, squirming a little, in a box lined with black cloth.

他们在往低处看,在一个围着黑布的箱子里，好像有什么白色的东西躺在里面，微微地蠕动，在很短的时间内。

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I've made a lot of really good friends in a really short time span.

在很短的一段时间里，我就交了很多好朋友。

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Okay, well the interesting thing is, you guys in a very short period of time generated a number of ideas about what this could be.

好,有意思的是,大家在很短时间内,猜出了很多种东西

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