A friend of mine owns an area of land in western Victoria.

我的一个朋友在维多利亚西部拥有一块土地。

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Almost nothing grows on their land; their animals graze on desert bushes; the people mine ingots of salt from what looks like shimmering pack ice.

他们的土地几乎寸草不生；他们在沙漠荒野里放牧牲口；人们从看上去像闪光的浮冰的物质中提炼盐块。

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And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

我未到埃及见你之先，你在埃及地所生的以法莲和玛拿西这两个儿子是我的，正如流便和西缅是我的一样。

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