他是一个心狠手辣的商人，我是付出了代价才知道这一点的。

He is a ruthless businessman, as I know to my cost.

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这种生产模式和30年前台湾和韩国的仿制模式如出一辙。这种生产模式几乎是无法制止的。我是付出了代价才认识到这一点。

This model is an exact copy of what was done in Taiwan and Korea almost 30 years ago and it is almost impossible to stop, as I learned the hard way.

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我和我的老马都付出了惨痛的代价才明白这一点。

My old horse and I learned this the hard way.

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But on the other hand these advances have also come at a cost. And in this story there's also a sense of longing for the freedom of life in the wild--the innocent, simple, uncomplicated life lived day to day without plans, without toil, in harmony with nature Edenic a somewhat Edenic existence.

但是，换个角度来看，人类付出了代价,才得到这些优点，在这部史诗中，同样存在着,对一种纯真，简单，纯粹生活的向往,每天生活中没有计划，辛劳，与自然和平相处,就像以前的。

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