Things were not looking so good for alien life in 1976, after the Viking I spacecraft landed on Mars, stretched out its robotic arm, and gathered up a fist-size pile of red dirt for chemical testing.

1976人们对于异星生命的存在感到很悲观。 当年海盗一号飞行器登录火星，用它伸出的机械臂抓起了一掊红色的火星尘土并进行了化学测试。

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For me, writing letters is weird in the first place. In my whole life, I have only written three or four letters, so if my writing is not so good, please bear with me.

对我而言，写信本身就是一件奇怪的事，从小到大，我只写过三、四封信，所以，如果我写得不好，请您多多包涵。

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Likewise with the usual burden of a mortgage and car payments, all so one can enjoy the good life and not wait for savings to accumulate.

同样对于通常的抵押贷款和汽车支出的负担，也是如此，人们不用等到攒够了钱就可以享受好日子。

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I haven't seen any good evidence for life after death, so I'm not a believer, and I think death is the end.

关于来世，我从未看到任何可靠的证据，所以我并不相信有来世，我觉得死亡就是终结。

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