We set off for Beijing, but ended up in Xinjiang.

我们动身去北京，可最后却去了新疆。

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We will arrive in Shanghai on Friday evening and set off for Beijing the following morning.

我们将在星期五的晚上到达上海，在第二天的早晨出发去北京。

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So, that was it. We put the calories in our stomachs and set off for Beijing. Each pass made us warm, and each downhill was a frozen burden.

这段旅程也就告一段落了。我们填饱了肚子便启程北京。每到一处都是那么温暖人心，而每段下坡路却是冰冷的负担。

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Hu set off for downtown Beijing, working the phone and e-mailing from the back seat of a car, directing her staff to rent a satellite phone and get a crew to Sichuan.

NEWYORKER: The Forbidden Zone