At the cusp of a new day week month or year most of us take a little time to reflect on our lives by looking back over the past and ahead into the future.

在新的一天，一周，一月，一年的交接处，我们多会腾出点时间回首往事，瞻仰未来，审视自己的生活。

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As we began to walk again, he said, "You see, if you spend more time looking up and straight ahead, you don't need luck because you have confidence; you have optimism."

我们接着走，他说：“你要明白如果你总是昂首阔步往前看你就不需要幸运，因为你有信心，你乐观。”

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Now that all is said and done, it's time to start looking ahead to the future.

该说的该做的都完成了，现在是时候开始展望未来了。

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Milton has just been entertaining the glorious moment of the apocalypse at the end of time because he's always looking further and further and further ahead.

弥尔顿刚要享受,基督启示最后这一辉煌的时刻,因为他总是不断努力朝前看。

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He is extremely optimistic about the progress being made, and is already looking ahead to a time in which tourists and investors flock to Sulu.

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And while many of us are looking ahead to a time when it is safe again to check our financial statements, law enforcement officials are looking backward.

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An IRFU statement said that the squad included players who have "recently made their returns from injury or who will be looking to increase their competitive game time ahead of the Six Nations".

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