“我一点儿也不奇怪，我甚至早就预感到会有这么一天——但是我以为这一切会在他年纪更大一点的时候发生。”帕特森说。

"I wasn't surprised by it, I just somehow felt it could always happen — but I thought it would be when he was older," said Patterson.

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后来他遇到了上人，被上人的德行所感，他将他的居士林捐给了法总，甚至在他年纪很大的时候，他依然每天都会去华严寺帮助建设。

Deeply moved by VM's virtuous practice, he donated all his community to DRBA and even in his old age he still helped a lot to construct the Avatamsaka Monastery in Calgary, Canada.

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在他这个年纪开始一份新的工作要有很大的勇气。

It takes a lot of pluck to start a new job at his age.

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Contrast Yeats's old age and the freshness of his desire in this poem.

在这首诗里对比叶芝的年纪,和他愿望的朝气。

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When he was about your age, when he was 17 or thereabouts, maybe slightly younger than many of you, he was sent by his father to do what you are doing.

当他在你们这个年纪时，约莫，17，岁左右，也许稍微比各位年轻一些，他爸把他送去,做你们正在做的事。

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