But, there was always some obsacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinnished business, time still to be served or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin.

然而总是有些障碍，有些事需要先处理，有些工作还没有完成，时间像是一位要侍奉的主或者是一笔要偿还的债，然后生活才能开始。

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Oranges were first grown in Southeast Asia. There were green there then, and today they still are.

橙子最早是在东南亚种植的，那时就有绿色的橙子，直到现在也还有。

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Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of trivial facts about it – this will be the first of many scientific fact lists in the future.

科学仍旧是一个很神秘的课题，因此可以罗列的琐碎事实也是数以百万计——那么这一份清单就算是先行一步，抛砖引玉吧！

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