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Plato Told
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Plato Told

 
 
plato told  

him: he couldn't
 
believe it (jesus  
told him; he  
wouldn't believe 5
it) lao  

tsze
 
certainly told  
him, and general  
yes 10

mam)
 
sherman;  
and even (9-12) 
(believe it  

or

 
not) you 15
told him: i told  
him; we told him  
(he didn't believe it, no

 
sir )it took 20
a nipponized bit of  
the old sixth  

avenue
 
el; in the top of his head: to tell (22-24) 

him
25 (20-25)
   
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Annotation
3. it: 指死亡。[back]
5-6. lao / tsze:  老子。[back]
9-12. general / sherman:  William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-91) 美國南北戰爭中,
北軍的一位將領。He said: "war is hell."[back]
10-11. yes / mam: 為一俗語,意為 Sure it is。[back]
21. a nipponized bit: 一點點日本化的東西,指大戰中日軍射出的砲彈破片。[back]
22-24. the old sixth / avenue el: 紐約第六街的破舊高架鐵路(el=elevated railway)。[back]
20-25.   紐約第六街的破舊高架戡軌轉售到日本,被用來製成砲彈,等砲彈的玻片擊中了他的頭頂,他力才信以為真。[back]
   
 
   
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