The race to find intelligent life, or any life at all, beyond Earth has been a heated space scramble for decades.

几十年来，在地球之外寻找智慧生命或任何生命的竞争一直是一场激烈的空间争夺战。

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Few jockeys continue race-riding beyond the age of 40.

很少有骑师在40岁以后还继续赛马。

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But now I'm speculating about the beliefs and motivation of an alien race, which is well beyond the scope of even my imagination.

但现在我正推测一个外星种族的信仰和动机，这已经远远超出了我的想象范围。

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He showed a great turn of pace to make a few yards up on Aberdeen left-back Smith to beat him to a ball over the top, race into the box and smash the ball beyond Langfield.

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For the youthful Mr Edwards, then, using the current race to put down a marker for the election beyond makes a lot of sense.

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But beyond the less affluent, less educated base she has attracted all through the campaign, race mattered more in Pennsylvania too.

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