Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

无论这些小小的考验是什么，没有了它们，生命就像是一条不知通往何处的平坦大道，纵然安全舒适，但却了然无趣、毫无意义。

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Without these small tests, whether they be events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved straight flat road to nowhere, safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.

没有这些试练的生活，就像不知前方通往何处的平坦大道，安全又舒适，但却了然无趣。

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Sincerely love Forever is not a flat road.

真诚的爱情永远不是一条平坦的大道。

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The advocacy group believes a flat road tax is a better solution -- taxing all drivers equally, no matter how their vehicle is powered.

CNN: New taxes make electric vehicle owners pay their share

It's quite a tricky pitch and it's not the flat road everyone thinks it is so it's going to be quite interesting to see how it plays against South Africa.

BBC: Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff

In addition to a flat road tax, Plug-In America also thinks a tax based on the vehicle miles traveled plus weight should be considered, and that a suite of incentives -- both financial and nonfinancial -- should be enacted to spur EV adoption.

CNN: New taxes make electric vehicle owners pay their share