But the last few years have been extreme.

但是，最近几年很极端。

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A person born in 1900 began with horse-drawn buggies and died with men walking on the Moon, but the last few decades have seen nothing like that sort of technological advance.

一个1900年生的人，出生的时候还是马车的时代，而过世时人类已经能在月球上行走。但是在过去的几十年里，这样的技术进步从未发生。

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In his last few days the pain seemed to have stopped, but by then he was so far gone that it was no longer any comfort.

在他最后的几天里疼痛似乎已经停止，但那时他已病入膏肓，这已不再是什么安慰了。

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