At the village off la Brea, on the island of Trinidad, in the West Indies, is a large lake of asphalt called Pitch lake.

在西印度群岛特立尼达岛上的拉布利亚村，有一个大沥青湖。

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Sir Walter Raleigh visited the famous pitch lake of Trinidad in 1595; it is said to contain nine thousand million tons of asphalt.

在沃尔特·罗利爵士在1595年访问过特立尼达的著名沥青湖，据说该湖的沥青容量有90亿吨。

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Every child likes to pitch stones into a lake.

每个孩子都喜欢将石子抛入湖中。

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On February 22nd, in Nagano itself, the mayor of Salt Lake City will formally invite the Winter Olympic circus to pitch its tent in his city in four years' time.

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But, Lake says, it was also her retuned, softer, gentler pitch.

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