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（原文）Up, down and round
And when he turned round — for there were no seats, and he was standing facing a bus of crop-haired, staring Chinese — the letters on the back of his training suit read, large as life, "USA".
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So started ping-pong diplomacy. Mao saw the photos of the two of them, grinning broadly, getting off the bus together, and immediately invited the American team to China. During that visit America lifted its 20-year trade embargo, and in February 1972 Richard Nixon visited China, the first American president to do so in Communist times. To please Mao, who thought he was so good at it, Mr Zhuang continued to play the sportsman-diplomat, telling puzzled Westerners that victory and defeat always went together. Most important, everyone kept smiling. Both leaders credited ping-pong for the change, with Mao declaring that a tiny ball had moved the great ball of the Earth.
The turning of the Earth, though, also brought disgrace after Mao's death in 1976 to those, like Mr Zhuang, who had cosied up to him. Stripped of his official posts, he was made to sweep streets and spent nine years in confinement. This "self-examination" did not include table tennis, from which he was banned again. Instead, he took up calligraphy and reading until, in 1985, he was allowed back to Beijing to teach his sport to children.
It had all been very up and down, he reflected. But then China, too, had been up and down, and had come through triumphantly with thrusting new cities and soaring prosperity, taking on the world and even hosting the Olympics. Yes, he had played his part in that rise, though he was only a ping-pong player whose main skill was to keep the ball on the table. He was still glad he had trusted Mao rather than his friends; and also glad that he had been bold enough, in 1971, to talk to that long-haired fellow on the bus.
——自 《Zhuang zedong》, The Economist, Feb 23, 2013
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(as) large as life
（本人，本身，表示惊奇感。例如： “I looked up from my newspaper and there he was, as large as life, Tim Trotter!”。）
grinning broadly
（笑得很开心）
to give someone credit for sth
（为某事称赞、表扬某人，为某事给某人记一功）
cosy up ( to sb. )
（与……交好，通常出于谋私目的）
sb. had been up and down
（某人经历了起起伏伏）
But then China, too, had been up and down, and had come through triumphantly with thrusting new cities and soaring prosperity, taking on the world and even hosting the Olympics.
（但国家也同样经历了起起伏伏，成功实现了新城市猛进、经济腾飞，与世界接轨，甚至主办了奥运会。）
on the table
（恰好这是一个习惯用语， 意思是摆在桌面上，提交讨论。例如："We did not exclude any options, this means all options are on the table." 意思是我们不排除任何可能性。）
（仿写）Sachiko's choice
So started their 20-year’s marriage. Sachiko continuously played the role of a maid, pleasing her husband with her meekness and numerous little attentions. Most important, she's always smiling. All the members of her husband's family credited Sachiko's sacrifice for this long but nothing commendable marriage.
The sudden collapse of Sachiko's health brought a sharp turning in her 45 years old. Stripped of professional position, she was made to stay at home. This "vacation" was not easy for her. She became the irritable queen.
It had all been very up and down, she reflected. But at the end, their marriage had come through triumphantly with all those laughs and tears. She had played her part in that rise, though she was only a common wife whose main skill was to keep the marriage on the table. She was still glad she had said yes to this man 20 years ago.
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