It means instead a different life.

这其实是象征着另一种生活。

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They are living a different life than you.

每个人都是不同的。

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But it's much more fun to live a different life.

但过一个与众不同的人生则要有意思得多得多。

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Then, he finished a study program in non-profit management because he wanted to do something different with his life.

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He wants us to feel, and it is in fact feeling, that he credits to novels, that allows him to imagine that he himself could have a different life.

而是让读者身临其境，这里其实表现了,作者对小说的自信。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

If only you'd known you had another 50 years, that you weren't going to die young-- or James Dean, going to burn out fast and die young-- if only you'd realized you were going to live to the ripe old age of 97, you would have picked a different life for yourself.

如果你知道自己还剩下50年，你不会英年早逝-,或者说你不会油尽灯枯，英年早逝-,如果你知道,你可以活到97岁高龄，你就会为自己选择另一种生活。

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Toorpakai herself credits squash with giving her the opportunity to live a different life.

BBC: Magazine

If I could come back again in a different life, a different time and all, you know what?

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Many of his friends were in gangs but he wanted a different life and volunteered for the Manchester City community Kickz programme.

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