Whereas now, as I near the end of my fourth decade, I realize work can be fully functional and entirely fulfilling without needing to be best mates with the people sitting next to you.

然而现在，当我快满四十岁时，我意识到：即使坐在你旁边的人和你不是最好的朋友，你也可以正常完成工作并把它做得令人满意。

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This challenges the assumption that women are driven to choose mates with great resources.

然而女人们却响亮地拒绝了他，这一点使得“物力影响女性挑选伴侣的假设”受到了挑战。

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They say that he will get to the end and they want him to infect his team mates with enthusiasm.

选择他的人认为他可以一直保持这样的好状态并且用自己的热情感染队友们。

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These butterflies are extremely choosey about finding mates with their own, species-specific wing pattern.

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Those who do marry tend to choose mates with similar education levels, concentrating the disadvantage.

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However, Randy Thornhill of the University of New Mexico has gone further in his analysis of who mates with whom, and why.

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