It was June 2001, and just the thought of causing any more pain to 20-year-old Michael, a college sophomore diagnosed a few months earlier with a rare form of leukemia, made her anxious.
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即使在日本这个地震频发的国家,发生类似这样8.9级的地震也是相当罕见的。
An 8.9-magnitude quake such as this one is extremely rare, even in a country so prone to tremors as Japan.
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不去羡慕别人的生活,这使他不但摆脱了烦恼,也把收藏做到了罕见的顶端,成为世界级收藏大师。
Not envying others' lives not only got him rid of troubles, but also helped him to push his collection to the top of the world, thereby making him a world-renowned collector.