就在一周前，如果有人说穆阿玛尔·卡扎菲可能被赶下台，恐怕还会被人斥为痴人说梦。

Just a week ago it would have been unthinkable to suggest that Muammar Qaddafi could be ousted from power.

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埃莱玛随手捡起一块这样的工具展示给我看：一块上好的黑色玄武岩石块，四周已经被打磨成薄片，但锥形的尖端部分已经缺失。

Elema picked one up to show me: a handsome hunk of black basalt that had been flaked on all sides, missing only its tapered tip.

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坏消息是加州洛玛连达大学表示你吃肉的频率少于一周一次，预期寿命可延长3.6年。

The bad news is that, according to the Loma Linda University in California, you can live 3.6 years longer by eating meat less than once a week.

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