11. It was my first grown-up book, a story not pat or perfect, about children coming of age in a time when reality falls wretchedly short of ideals.
这是第一本让我成长的书籍，故事内容并不完美，讲述了当现实不幸脱离理想时，孩子们走向成熟的经历。
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12. The only part of his youth he didn't like to remember was the two years he had spent in London, in Cheapside, working for a German tailor who was wretchedly poor.
他青年时期，他不喜欢只记得两部分，他在伦敦度过年，齐普赛，为德国裁缝谁是穷得可怜工作。
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13. When Japan took over Formosa there were no roads in existence, but strange to say there was a short piece of railway which was almost useless, so badly was it built and so wretchedly was it managed.
14. When Japan took over Formosa there were no roads in existence, but strange to say there was a short piece of railway which was almost useless, so badly was it built and so wretchedly was it managed.
