来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新约及其历史背景 第1集 第1集》

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  or has to go off towar or captured by pirates,
  流离失所 或是被海盗掳走
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  and she's taken off by pirates and sold into slavery,
  女主角被海盗带走 卖去做奴隶
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  and she goes all the way around the Mediterranean,
  她漫无边际地徘徊在地中海沿岸
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  and the young man follows her around the
  之后的篇幅就讲 男人跟随者她
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  Mediterranean in chapter after chapter after chapter.
  去遍了地中海的每一个角落
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  They always almost connect and almost get to have sex,
  眼看就在一起了 眼看要做爱了
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  and then no,
  可是
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  they're-- she's bought by somebody else
  女人又被其他人买走
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  and taken into another slave job,
  继续做奴隶
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  or he's captured by pirates.
  或者男人又被海盗抓走
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  So the whole novel is them chasing each other
  整个小说就是两人围绕地中海
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  around the Mediterranean,
  互相追寻