A plant is a living thing.

一株植物是一个有生命力的实体

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And another thing I've also noticed, especially living downtown,

另一件我注意到的是，特别是住在市区

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And I just thought it was the most beautiful thing ever that I could visualize, a city living and breathing.

我就是觉得这是最美好的东西,我能看到，整个城市在生活，在呼吸。

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It's one thing to be thinking and for a living.

思考与生活是一件事。

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Or one of my favorite examples, you could be sitting in your-- you read this sort of thing in the newspaper periodically-- you could be sitting in your living room when suddenly an airplane crashes into your house, killing you.

或者像我最喜欢用的一个例子那样，你可能坐在你-,你按时读报纸之类的东西-,你可能正坐在你家起居室里,这时突然有架飞机撞进了你家，杀死了你。

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This then leads to a very different discussion because A play is not a piece of text. A play is a living thing That is meant to be performed by actors in a particular setting. Different actors with different directors interpret the words of Shakespeare to the best. We can construct those words differently.

这引起一场很不同的讨论,因为一部戏剧不是一篇文章，而是活物,是要被演员在特定的场景下,表演出来的，不同的演员,和导演尽可能去诠释莎士比亚的文字,我们可以以不同方式建构这些文字。

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Dean had dispatched the occupant of the apartment to the kitchen probably to make coffee while he proceeded with his love problems for to him sex was the one and only holy and important thing in life although he had to sweat and curse to make a living and so on.

安已经把这公寓的人发配到厨房了,也许去煮咖啡，好让他继续进行他的爱事,因为对他来说性是生活中仅有的一桩神圣而重要的事,尽管这样他得边流汗边咒骂来活着。

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Most important thing? Living a long, healthy life.

最重要的？健康长寿。

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The Romans maintained peace, for one thing, by leaving local populations pretty much alone when it came to local customs, religions, and living arrangements.

首先，为了维护和平，罗马人没有过多干涉当地居民,对于当地风俗，宗教，居住安排，给予极大自由。

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