I try to be a good friend to the people I know and support causes with broader goals that I respect, but recognize that my efforts have changed the world only in small ways.

我努力成为别人的朋友，去支持那些令人尊敬的伟大事业，但我认识到我的努力只在一些细枝末节上改变了这个世界。

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The sad fact is that the world's second biggest economy, home to companies that have changed industries around the world, is being kept out of dire trouble only by the loyalty of its own savers.

令人感到悲哀的是，身为世界第二大经济体的日本，拥有着改变了世界各行各业的公司的日本，之所以一直没有坠入极端困境，依靠的仅仅是国内储户的忠诚。

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The practical result of Mendel's research is that it not only changed the way we perceive the world, but also the way we live in it.

孟德尔的研究工作产生了实质性的作用：它不仅改变了我们认识世界的方法，也改变了我们的生活方式。

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The World Series only lasted two years but it changed the face of the game forever, bringing a new level of professionalism to it.

BBC: India cricket rebel series begins

Like its male equivalent, the Americans dominated the event's early years, prompting calls for the competition to be changed to a US v the rest of the world affair, only for an indignant Europe to hit back in recent contests.

BBC: SPORT | Golf | Cup catfight

Excerpt: In my youth, we had fought a war to put the world back the way it was before the war started, only to find that the fighting itself had changed it radically and forever.

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