Some rickshaw pullers I met were resigned to the imminent end of their livelihood and pin their hopes on being offered something in its place.

我见过一些车夫，他们已经对他们的生活即将走到穷途末路的情形逆来顺受，寄希望于能有什么东西来代替他们。

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You can't afford to place your hopes and dreams on fake promises-you're going to need to hear the truth if you really want your life to change.

不要把希望与梦想寄托在虚假的诺言上，如果想改变人生就必须要知道真相。

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Next time, he hopes to receive word earlier on, as soon as Chesley or another astronomer predicts the impact location, so that he can catch a flight to the place where debris is expected to fall.

下一次，他希望能早点得到消息，一旦切斯利或其他天文学家预测出爆炸地点坐标，他就可以火速飞到残骸陨落的地方。

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The Republican senator from Arizona accused the administration, "in its desperation, " of appearing to place its hopes on persuading the Russian government to push al-Assad from power.

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Subject to planning approval by the end of 2008, funding being in place and tendering being completed, the trust hopes to be on site by autumn 2009 with the new visitor centre open by spring 2011.

BBC: Step forward for Causeway centre

But defeat ended Castleford's play-off hopes as they missed out on eighth place to Brian Noble's Crusaders.

BBC: St Helens 40-30 Castleford Tigers