The first composition that was read was one entitled Is this, then, Life?

朗读的第一篇作文的题目是《难道这就是生活吗？》

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The answer to this riddle lies in the metabolic activity of early photosynthetic life-forms that slowly but surely transformed the chemical composition of Earth's atmosphere.

这个谜题的答案在于早期光合生命形式的新陈代谢活动，这种活动缓慢但一定改变了地球大气的化学成分。

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Rehearsals, concerts, composition, lessons to give and take --- that was his life.

排练、演出、作曲、教课、学习——这就是克利斯朵夫的生活。

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Ted Nash chose to express the tragic side of the artist's life with this composition.

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