Team USA Associate general manager Dave Poile says only five of the players considered for the team had Olympic experience, and only seven of them were even alive when Team USA won its last hockey gold 1980 in Lake Placid,New York.

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The butterfly is the perfect work of art because it is both a representation and alive. It has eyes on its wings.

这只蝴蝶是一个完美的艺术作品,因为它不但是画像，也是,鲜活的，它的翅膀上有眼睛。

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And so even if, you might say, the way my life is going in terms of its contents is bad, being alive per se might still be a good thing.

所以，就算，我的生活内容方面非常糟糕，活着本身也许仍然是件好事。

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