For some, at least, it could be the start of a life-long love affair.

至少对于某些孩子来说，这可能是毕生爱好的开端。

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But Turner had begun to develop what became a life long love of landscape painting.

而透纳开始创作他一生钻研、挚爱的风景画。

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I was drawn to teaching through a long love affair with words but I haven't had any formal training.

由于自己长期对文字的热爱，我选择了这份职业。但我确实没有接受过任何正规的培训。

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After a long day at work, Eddie returns home to his wife and the warm love of the niece he and his wife have raised.

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Long term, I would love to be a CHRO one day, a chief human resources officer.

长期来看，我希望能够成为一名人力资源总监。

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Looking back,she adds, "I know 50 years is a long time, but when you're doing something you really love, you don't think about the years."

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America may be flirting with the bicycle, but it has by no means ended its long love affair with the car.

ECONOMIST: A cycling renaissance is taking place in America

"Calcutta has had a long love affair with The Beatles and if that can make people abide by rules, then nothing like it, " he said.

BBC: Beatles' Abbey Road cover in Calcutta traffic campaign

Fellow Oscar-winner Peter Jackson also paid homage, saying that his Lord of the Rings films would never have been made "without his life-long love of his wondrous images and storytelling".

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