可是他等不及了，便解下身上的白铁罐子，把坑里的水舀出去；

But he could not wait. He unstrapped the tin bucket and began to bale the pool.

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后来，他收集了一堆，就升起一蓬火——一蓬不旺的，冒着黑烟的火——并且放了一白铁罐子水在上面煮着。

When he had gathered a heap he built a fire, - a smouldering, smudgy fire, - and put a tin pot of water on to boil.

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实际上，我们的成就甚至从来也没有超越第一个月球基地，这和征服宇宙的标准相比，实在是太过渺小了，就象是在后院扔了一个镀锡的白铁罐一样。

Indeed, we never even made it past first base on the moon, which is a feeble effort by cosmic standards-like chucking tin cans across the backyard.

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