That first year of gardening, I understood on a deeper level something that I'd always known: to live was also to die, and that the natural order after birth and life would be death.

种菜的第一年，我对一直都明白的东西有了更深一层的理解：要活也是要死，生和活后生命的自然秩序就会是死。

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I realize that one's life can be summed up in a dash between the year of death and the year of birth.

我意识到一个人的生命在死亡和出生之间可以总结为一场冲刺。

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For some, both the year of birth and that of death have been examined. For others only the former or the latter.

有的生卒年俱已考实，有的仅考实了生年或卒年。

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Russian demographics have now improved to the point that if the trends of the first half of 2012 hold for the rest of the year, that is if the birth rate for the whole year increases by around 6.7% and the death rate for the whole year decreases by around 2.9%, then Russia will actually record a small natural increase in population.

FORBES: Russia is on Track to Record Natural Population Growth in 2012