有些日子，像一瞬间那样短暂，有些日子，像永远一样漫长。

Some days, like the moment is so short, some days, like forever as long.

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好像她已经永远地离开了一样。

It seemed as if she'd been gone forever.

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她警告我说我永远不会结婚、生孩子。—“我哪一样都不想要。”

She warned me that I'd never marry or have children.—"I don't want either."

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And then he makes some comments about how,well, ; he could never pick cotton fast enough; he's just not able to do it as black men are.

于是他对采棉花进行了一些评价，他觉得自己永远没法采摘的够快;,没法像那些黑人一样迅速。

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I can't think of any activity I'd want to do forever.

我想不出一样希望永远从事的活动。

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