The second drawer began to fill and as it did I wondered whether there were bigger discoveries out there, not just species, but life that depends on things thought to be useless, life even without DNA. I started a third drawer for these big discoveries.

第二个抽屉开始被填满。此时我在想外头是否还有更大的发现，不只是物种，还有依赖于人们认为无用的东西的生命以及甚至没有 DNA 的生命。我为这些重大发现设立了第三个抽屉。

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Due to the rain is too big, many white-collar but finished lunch had to hide in the restaurant, at the "rain" were left feeling useless.

由于雨势太大，不少午餐完毕的白领无奈只得躲在餐馆，望“雨”兴叹。

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