A couple of hours, because typically there's just one battle; one side beats the other and that's the war for now.

几个小时,一般来说只有一次战斗,一方攻打另一方,这就是战争

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And then other people are really excited because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

而另外一些人真的很兴奋，因为这是一个一生只有一次的机会，

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