In recent years there have been nearly 5,000 official competitors and it takes three whole minutes for the crowd of runners just to cross the starting line.

近几年来，正式参赛选手有近5000人，光是运动员们跑过起跑线就需要整整3分钟。

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Wait for the light, wait for the crowd, wait for a bird to land on the tree branch.

等待着光线，等待着人群，等待着鸟儿落上树枝。

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A man had his mobile phone stolen but managed to lay a hand on the thief just long enough for the crowd to close in.

一人的手机被偷，但他一只手托住了贼，正好让人群将贼围住。

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced the launch to a crowd in Semnan province, his birthplace and a base for missile launches.

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It's a kind of dare demonstrating not just his indifference to the crowd but in fact his scorn for it.

叶芝这种胆量,不仅说明他对大众的漠然,其实还是对它的蔑视。

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And yet,for all that,feels removed,distant, alienated from the others,feels lonely even in the crowd.

但还是感觉非常疏远，有距离感，感到和他人疏远，在人群中都觉得孤单。

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Afterward, Poundstone tore off his shirt and flexed for the crowd, just as Jan Todd had predicted.

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The chef, sporting stretch jeans, a T-shirt, and a Grace Jones coiffure, is dancing for the crowd.

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It's not nice for the crowd, not nice for the tournament, not nice for the opponent, too, no?

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