Things got so bad that I even asked my old boss if I could do some work for the magazine.

事情变得非常糟糕，我甚至问我的前老板是否可以在杂志社做一些工作。

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Some things are basic for us nowadays, but the people in the past could live the lives to the full even without them.

有些东西对我们现在来说是基本的，但过去的人即使没有它们也可以活得很充实。

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Now I know that some things do not happen in life for a particular reason and this reason is often so amazing that you could not picture it even in your wildest dreams.

如今我知道生命中有些东西因为特殊的原因是不会发生的，而这些原因通常是很不可思议的，甚至在你最狂野的梦中，你都无法描述。

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"In 7th century Arabia, he even did some things that were relatively progressive for 7th century women in Arabia, but certainly not for 21st century women in Britain or anywhere else.

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