The frenzied final hours of negotiation had an air of farce, with heads of state pursuing one another through hallways and conference rooms.
在那场谈判的尾声，忙乱的场面活像一出闹剧，其间各国的头头脑脑在走廊与会议室间寻找彼此。
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A similar farce is playing out in the Philippine capital, Manila, where a planned new air terminal has been delayed by four years because of contract rows.
同样的闹剧也在菲律宾首都马尼拉上演。由于合同条款的问题，建立新的候机楼的计划已经被延迟了4年之久。
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Then Miyazaki does something no American director would dare: he takes all the air out of the tires and turns the whole thing into a farce.