He was not against modern instruments on principle. A compass could occasionally be useful in daylight; and, at least in old age, he wore a chunky watch.

在那一个月的航行里，他没有带指南针，没有六分仪，也没有任何图纸，他并不是个反对使用现代仪器的人，白天里指南针偶尔也能用下，年纪大的时候他也开始戴个笨笨的手表。

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"Cancer is very rare in modern societies in humans under age 30," said oncologist John Glaspy at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

“现代社会中，30岁以下的癌症患者非常少见，”加利福利亚大学洛杉矶分校Jonsson综合癌症中心的肿瘤学家约翰·格兰斯潘说。

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But that's not true. They've found that during this period, the new modern middle age, we're better at all sorts of things than we were at 20.

他们觉得人们只要过了25岁，就会不断变笨，但事实并非如此——科学家们已经发现，中年时期的大脑会在任何方面比20岁时的大脑发挥得更好。

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When he arrives at the modern age, however, his analysis differs.

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Lee was born in Broadstairs and began his showbiz career at the age of 13 as a drummer at Chartham Secondary Modern School.

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But isn't it modern practice to retire at the usual age, or is a constitutional monarch as immutable as the pope?

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