He spent some more time and caught a few more fish.

他又花了一些时间，多钓了几条鱼。

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“Abroad you are just a small part of the country, while in Syria you can be a big fish in a small pond,” says a businessman who spent 20 years in America.

“在国外的时候你只是那个国家的一个小卒，但在叙利亚，却能成为这个小池塘的一尾大鱼。” 一位侨居美国20年的商人这样说。

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Grant spent seven hours trying to draw out the fish before he settled down on the bank to take a nap, having first passed the line through his teeth to make sure it did not escape.

格兰特花了七个小时试图在岸边停整午憩之前捕获它，接下来疲劳所致，不得已，他只好头一次把鱼线穿过自己的牙缝以保证它不会逃脱。

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Mr Robertson spent 47 years filleting fish for a living.

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