Nonetheless, when it contrasts choosing a breakfast cereal in an American supermarket with defying death in dusty Baghdad, it's the former that's found wanting.

影片中在美国超市选择早晨麦片的悠闲情节与在黄沙漫天的伊拉克进行生死搏斗的紧张场景形成了鲜明的对比，而前者正是大家所期盼能得到享受到的生活。

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Remember David Blaine's death defying stunt back in 2000 when he encased himself in a block of ice for seven days without food, water and sleep?

还记得2000年时大卫·布莱恩把自己置身于冰块中，7天7夜不吃不喝不睡地挑战死亡的惊人表演吗？

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I'm just saying, keep them in mind, those girls in Band-Aids, because they want to see themselves on screen doing death-defying stunts, too.

我只想说，别忘了她们，那些贴着邦迪的女孩，因为她们也希望能在大银幕上看到自己去做那些生死攸关的事情。

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The former president dramatically returned to Pakistan in March 2013 to compete in elections, ending four years of self-imposed exile and defying death threats.

BBC: Profile: Pervez Musharraf

Merely trying to navigate around these less-than-noble steeds can be a death defying demarche.

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George MacDonald Fraser, in the Flashman books, parodied this love of the upper class, well mannered, death defying hero.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | What makes a modern hero?