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Then I thought about where a man would leave England if he were going to Germany.
接着我考虑如果有人要去德国，他会在英格兰什么地方离岸。
Not from the south coast, or the west coast, or Scotland.
不会从南岸，或者西岸，或者从苏格兰离岸。
It would be somewhere on the east coast, probably between Cromer and Dover.
而可能是东岸某处，也许在克罗默和多佛之间。
I am not Sherlock Holmes. But I am used to using my head, and when I guess, my guesses are often right.
我并非歇洛克·福尔摩斯。但我好动脑筋，并且推测起来，往往都是对的。
I wrote out my ideas on a piece of paper：
我把想法写在一张纸上。
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几乎肯定
1.A place where there are several paths down to the sea. One of these has thirty－nine steps.
1.有个地方有几条路通往海边。其中一条有三十九级台阶。
2.High tide at 10. 17p. m. A place where it is only possible for a ship to leave the coast at high tide.
2.涨潮时间是晚上十点十七分。某处，船只只有在涨潮时才能离岸。
3.Probably not a harbour, but open coast with cliffs and a beach.
3.多半不是港口，而是有海滩和峭壁的开阔海岸。
4.Ship probably a small one, a yacht or a fishing boat.
4.大概是条小船，游艇或者渔船。
