Yearss may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self distrust blows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

岁月的流逝会在皮肤上留下皱纹，而热情的丧失却会给灵魂刻下皱纹。焦虑、恐惧和缺乏自信会使心情沮丧，意志泯灭。

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If you don't, I will give you a hundred blows.

如果你没有做到，我就要打你一百下。

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Doctors give her two weeks to live, and then, on top of everything, a tornado comes in and it blows the roof off the house and it impales four blades of grass in her side.

医生说她只能活两个星期了，这时，一股龙卷风刮了进来，它掀掉屋顶，四片草叶子刺到她的身上。

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Miss Blunnie, who had been due to give birth within days, had suffered a severe brain injury as the result of repeated blows and more than 50 separate injuries.

BBC: Eystna Blunnie