Similarly, a plant or animal cannot squander all its energy on growing a big body if none would be left over for reproduction, for this is the surest way to extinction.

同样，如果一种植物或动物没有留下任何可以繁殖的后代，它就不能把所有的能量浪费在使自己变得更强壮上，因为这是最可能走向灭绝的方式。

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Then a sudden and violent wind began to shake the tree and its leaves kept coming down all around me.

VOA: special.2009.11.15

It really was just, even as a physical object, all bound up with the politics of its moment.

这样看来，她的想法在当时的确与时俱进。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What Frost gives you here and elsewhere is a poetry that leaves its meanings to make, all the time.

弗罗斯特在这儿留给你们的是一首,留下意味深长的语境的诗歌，需要不断地钻研。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

Of course jumping up and down is very good excercise - so its all a question of minimising risks to gain the greatest benefit.

BBC: Under-fives trampoline ban call

To help retain its talent, Google gave all its employees a 10% pay raise in January, which put pressure on costs and alarmed some analysts.

WSJ: Common Sense: The Case for Google

Suddenly the city has appeared like a mirage, its hills all bathed in a soft, golden light.

BBC: The road to Hollywood, California