In this tale, people who dwelt in the cave could know only the shadows of forms that were cast on the wall of the cave from the light outside.

在这个故事中，那些曾经在洞穴中居住的人们只能了解被光线所投射到洞穴墙上的自己的影子。

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That's because the ambient light (in this case the blue sky) gets bounced of pretty much everywhere specially the Shadows.

那是因为环境光(蓝色的天光)被更多的反弹，尤其在阴影的部分。

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He made a hole and peering through, could see jewellery, and other objects stacked in piles in the shadows that extended beyond the beam of light penetrating the interior.

他掏了个洞往里瞥去，能看见珠宝，在透进去的光线之外的阴影里面，还有些堆成堆的其他东西。

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He strides quickly along the cemetery's narrow brick pathways, darting in and out of the low light and natural shadows.

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