Spending 12 hours a day at a computer might be unhealthy, but for most of us – Warcraft players or not – this is how modern life works.

一天12小时地面对电脑可能不太健康，但是对于我们大多数人而言——不论是不是《魔兽世界》的玩家——现代生活就是这个样子。

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Life works upon a compensating balance, and the happiness we gain in one direction we lose in another.

生活总是在补偿性地自我平衡着，在这里得到的幸福，会在那里失去。

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He said, It's funny how life works out.

他说：“人生之路真是有意思。”

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His exciting works made the west and the cowboy come to life for millions who never saw a real cowboy.

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But that's not how real life works.

但在现实中并非如此。

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His works seem less theoretical constructing abstract models of political life than advice-giving, in the sense of serving as a sort of civic-minded arbiter of public disputes.

他的著作较不偏向理论,建构政治生活的抽象模型看来,反而较像是提供建言，功能像是一种公益型的裁决,旨在处理公共争端。

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He is noted for his still life works which show the influences from Manet.

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But life works and there are also people who are now wondering what to do about this new reality in NYC.

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Mr. RUMSFELD: I wish I could say that everything we've done here has gone perfectly but that's not how life works, regrettably.

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