Both his parents taught Japanese literature, but he preferred reading second-hand pulp-fiction novels picked up in the port city of Kobe.

村上父母都是日本文学教授，但他本人却更喜欢阅读神户淘来的二手通俗小说。

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In half a minute he had reached the port scuppers, and picked, out of a coil of rope, a long knife, or rather a short dirk, discoloured to the hilt with blood.

只有半分钟的工夫他已横越甲板爬到左舷的排水孔那里，从盘成一堆的绳子底下摸出一把长长的小刀，可以说是一把短剑，上面的血一直染到了刀柄上。

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Americans desperate to flee the Israeli bombardment of Lebanon lined up near Beirut's port Friday for a third straight day as a massive evacuation operation picked up speed.

星期五，美国人民不顾一切在贝鲁特港口整队，因为持续了三天的以色列炮轰黎巴嫩，所以大规模的撤退军事行动提速。

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"Compared with the major airports, going to a regional airport is more like getting picked up by a school bus at the end of your street than going to the Port Authority, " said Tripp Swanhaus, a Manhattan-based reality-TV producer who frequently eschews larger airways for secondary-city regionals.

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