当心脏监测器上的最后一次跳动逐渐停止时，我知道莱拉已经永远离开了我的生活。

As the last beats in the heart monitor trailed　off, I knew Lyra had left my life forever.

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多年后的今天，我才意识到，那样的生活方式很不明智。特别是当我发现，那些曾提出被我视为“宝贵意见”的人，现在几乎全都离开了我的生活圈。

I realize now, many years later, that this was a foolish way to live, especially when I consider that nearly all of these people whose opinions I cared so much about are no longer a part of my life.

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然后，我离开了我的祖国新西兰，开始了我的英语教师生涯，我的舞蹈生活因此告一段落。

Then, I left my native country of New Zealand to start my career as an English teacher, which eventually brought my dancing life to a halt.

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