So it's both surprising and amusing to find it gazumped by a slender picture book, meditating on the value of patience.

因此，发现它被一本细长的图画书所吸引， 沉思耐心的价值， 既令人惊讶又有趣。

The Russians had constructed a secret moon rocket to gazump the Americans, but it had  exploded at a remote launch site, destroying the launch pad.

俄罗斯人建造了一枚秘密的月球火箭来轰炸美国人，但它在一个偏远的发射场爆炸，摧毁了发射台。