The white bullet train whooshed out of the station, its blue pinstripe a blur as it sliced across the Chinese countryside at more than 200 miles an hour.
白色的高速列车呼啸者驶离站台，以超过200英里的时速穿过乡间，看起来就像一条逐渐模糊的蓝丝带。
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Close by, an official blue plaque-denoting a building of significant historic interest-adorns another former pub, in whose upstairs gym Sir Henry used to train.
There was a technique for negotiating the narrow corridors of the moving train without becoming black and blue, and by day two we had got the hang of it.