Doctors have decided the only way he can live anything near a normal life is to give him an operation.

医生们已经确定了他能过任何接近正常生活的惟一方法是给他做个手术。

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"Since I retired to this place," he wrote near the end of his life, "I have never been out of these mountains."

“自从退休到这里，”他在快到生命尽头时写到，“我从没出过这些山。”

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In an area where low temperatures are limiting to life, the importance of the additional heat near the surface is crucial.

在这样低温限制了生存的区域，近地表的额外热量至关重要。

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And she says her near death experience has made her realize what really matters in life.

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This is actually something very near and dear to my heart because I literally would not be doing what I do in life today had I not taken a couple of courses here, this one in particular, pass fail.

事实上，我是很关心的,因为今天我就不会站在这里,如果当初我没有这里上课的话，这门课，要么过要么挂科。

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Rather he maintains as he puts it near the end of the defense speech that the examined life is alone worth living.

相反地，他维持辩护,快终结时的论点,受检视的人生孤独但有活着的价值。

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Professional athletes have taken a liking to the 103-inch model as well, perhaps because they can watch themselves in near-life size.

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He will also build an ice rink near Plymouth Life Centre - one of the sale conditions stipulated by the council.

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Near-Shoemaker began its life as simply Near: Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous.

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