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II,The three men started on their tour of the island.,It proved unexpectedly simple. On the northwest side, towards the coast, the cliffs fell,sheer to the sea below, their surface unbroken.,On the rest of the island there were no trees and very little cover. The three men worked,carefully and methodically, beating up and down from the highest point to the water’s edge,,But there were no caves.,They came at last, skirting the water’s edge, to where General Macarthur sat looking out to,sea. It was very peaceful here with the lap of the waves breaking over the rocks. The old man,sat very upright, his eyes fixed ¹ on the horizon.,He paid no attention to the approach of the searchers. His oblivion of them made one at,Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定 ，我们就不应该随意改变 。,The article is written in a conversational style.该文是以对话的形式写成的
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