现代人保存地自私行为地生活残酷地竞争。

Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life.

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他们生活在幸福中，与残酷事实相隔绝。

They lived in happy insulation from brutal facts.

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我知道，书籍的确能改变生活；许多读者告诉我说，《数星星》在他们年轻时改变了他们的生活，这本书让他们思索残酷和勇气。

Books do change lives, I know; and many readers have told me that Number the Stars changed theirs when they were young, that it made them think about both cruelty and courage.

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