The OARS were silver, which to the tune of flutes keptstroke, and made the water which they beat to follow faster, as amorous of their strokes.
浆是白银的，随着笛声的节奏在水面上下，使那被它们击动的痴心的水波加快了速度简直无法形容。
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I tried to follow its soft ticking and to count the nine hundred seconds between one stroke and the next, but I kept losing track.
我试图跟随那轻柔的滴答声，在一次钟鸣声和下次的钟鸣声之间数出九百秒，但我总是数不清。
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Mr Kim's suspected stroke last August kept him out of the public eye through a series of important anniversary events, and is believed to have caused a delay to the parliamentary elections.