For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.

在它生命周期的这一阶段，有短暂的一刻，其舌头由两个微小的半管组成，随后融合为一体。

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Perhaps it had been "ritually killed" at the end of its life, like other Bronze-Age objects.

也许像其他青铜时代的物品一样，它在生命结束时被“仪式性地杀死”了。

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Whatever may have been the moment and the circumstances of its appearance in the scale of animal life, language could only have been born in one fell swoop.

不论是在动物的历史中何种时候何种环境，语言只可能是一刹那间诞生。

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In ancient times,however, people believed that the swan was given a special gift of song at the end of its life.

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And so, arguably, the fact that life is precious, that it won't endure, could actually increase its value for us.

所以，可以说，生命是珍贵的，它将不再这个事实，事实上可能增加了其对我们来说的价值。

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And we might be attracted to the thought that the value of life is increased by its very preciousness.

我们可能会被这种想法所吸引,那就是生命的价值是因为它的珍贵而增长的。

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Kennedy memorably called it, our nation's capital has long been famous for the seediness of its street life and the mugginess of its climate.

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