但我惊讶于它如何能孤独地站在那里，长着欢快的叶子而附近没有一个朋友，我知道我做不到。

But I wondered how it could utter joyous leaves standing alone there without its friend near, for I knew I could not.

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一两周前有一个朋友问我是否检测了自己的基因，我告诉他没有，但我也说自己“很想知道那里面有什么”。

A few weeks ago a friend asked me if I’d had my DNA scanned, and I told him I hadn’t, but that I’d “love to find out what’s in there.”

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今晚我们站在这里庆祝，但我们知道在伊拉克的沙漠里，在阿富汗的群山中，那些勇敢的美国人正在那里。为了我们，他们醒来后面对的是一个有生命危险的世界。

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.

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