Whatever the details might be, we could describe lives and say, whether or not their life was good as a whole, what the future holds out for them is negative.

不管详细情况是什么，我们可以把他们的生活形容为，不管他们一生的生活是否美好，他们的未来都是不容乐观的。

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Which of these branches that are available to me, the branches of my life story, which is the one in which the future from here on out ?" holds more pleasure and holds less pain?"

我能得到哪些分支，我的人生故事的分支，从这里起步的哪一种未来,有更多快乐更少痛苦“

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