Today's spaceships are fine for getting things into space, but they are not so good at travelling long distances.

现在的宇宙飞船可以把东西送入太空，但它们不太适合远距离飞行。

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Life is like a story. What matters is not how long it is but how good it is.

人生就像一个故事。重要的不是它有多长，而是它有多好。

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But not me! I buy good, expensive shoes: they save me money over the long haul because they last twice as long as a cheap pair.

我总是买最好的、贵的鞋子。从长远来说，好的鞋还能省我的钱，因为这种鞋穿的时间要比便宜的鞋长一倍时间。

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But this is not good for the long- or even medium-term stability of Afghanistan.

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What we know is what I said earlier when I was asked about the GDP numbers is that 2.5 percent is better than we had in the previous quarter and the quarter before that, but it is not good enough by a long shot.

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It got papered over because there was a lot of cheap credit out there so people were just able to keep up by getting more credit cards and taking out more home equity loans, but the long-term trends were not good.

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