Missus Sommers bought two costly magazines that she used to read back when she had been able to enjoy other pleasant things.

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And then, when those things cease to have the form they had, the parts get used for other purposes.

当物体不再以它们之前的型相存在之后,每个组成它的部件会有其他的用途

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Other things like sexual orientation are used as a category by which some people, for religious reasons, need to have a certain level or kinds of rights or be excluded from others and also of course, certain obligations and duties first.

其他的像性取向也会作为一类区别,这些情况下，有些人出于宗教原因，需要有某些层次或者种类的权利,或者要和别人区别开来，当然，首先是要履行一定的责任义务。

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So tens or hundreds of millions of dollars would go into a study like this by the time it was completed, money that could have been used for other things, to test whether eating a low fat diet would reduce risk for breast cancer.

数以百万计的美元,投入到这样的研究,当研究结束时,本可以用来做其他事情的钱,被用来检测是否低脂膳食,可降低患乳腺癌风险

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