I guess there are scientists right now trying to do that, and I hope they'll succeed because the world would be a much cleaner place, wouldn't it? I think it will be great if they invent something so that we only have to sleep for one or two hours every day.

我想有科学家正在尝试这样做，我希望他们能成功，这样世界会变得更干净，不是吗？如果他们发明一种东西，让我们每天只睡一两个小时，那就太好了。

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I'm just afraid that one day if they say something to my wife, it will cause a problem, a fight because I will have to respond, it's my duty.

我怕有一天他们会用言语伤害我的妻子。 这将会引起一些麻烦，一场打斗，我必须行动，因为这是我的责任。

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Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.

把每一天当作你生命的最后一天来过，因为终究会有一天将成为这一天。

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It ought to mean "to go forward" with everything behind it, but needless to say her thoughts on the subject were never implemented because if one day red light means "stop" and the next day red light means "go," there might be a few problems.

它因该表示勇往直前，当然她的想法没有实现,因为如果红灯今天表示停,明天表示走，会天下大乱的。

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She and Coz had talked at length about why she kept the stolen objects separate from the rest of her life: because using them would imply greed or self-interest, because leaving them untouched made it seem as if she might one day give them back, because piling them in a heap kept their power from leaking away.

NEWYORKER: Found Objects