Because the administration is more likely to replace me than an X-ray equipment, I'm afraid to refuse to work.

因为政府更有可能把我换掉而不是换掉X光设备，所以我不敢拒绝工作。

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In desperation, I called the President of our local natural-gas company, Charles Scharlau, and asked him if he would let me have a tank of gas from the pump in his equipment yard.

绝望中，我给当地的天然气公司总经理查尔斯。沙劳打电话，问他是否能够允让我从他设备堆放场地的油泵里买一箱汽油。

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Or, like me, you join a local gym so you don't have to hide and store gym equipment in your home.

或者象我一样，参加一个当地的健身房，这样你就不用把这些健身器材藏在家里了。

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I imagined there were still secrets in Nature that the limited power of my equipment prevented me from knowing.

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But consider the waste: I have a PhD, a JD from a top 10 law school, and half a million dollars of medical equipment in me.

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The accumulated equipment is enough to keep me entertained, connected and deaf many times over.

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