After all, it is only a life-sentence.

毕竟，这只不过是无期徒刑。

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Albert Einstein said that 'only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile,' and I believe that a life of service to others is what truly brings meaning.

爱因斯坦说过“只有为他人而存在的生命才是值得的，”我也相信能服务于他人的生命才是能带来真正的意义。

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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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Her only hope is a baby sister who was genetically engineered to help save the older girl's life.

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So, for a lot of aspects of your life you only get feedback when you're good, when you do something good.

在你生活中很多时候，通常你收到评价,都是你做得好，或者你做了好事时。

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He was simply a youth tremendously excited with life and though he was a con man he was only conning because he wanted so much to live and get involved with people who would otherwise pay no attention to him.

狄恩属于那种对生活充满激情的年轻人,虽然他还是个很自信的骗子,这是因为生活中他希望得到的东西太多了,他希望能引起人们的注意。

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But, according to Jimmy Young, BBC bosses expected the revolutionary format to have only a brief life.

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But by now, even the most ignorant people realize that speaking more than one language is not only a real life necessity but also a large investment in your economic future and a safety net if your country goes awry.

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Sceptics point out that if big cats have been surviving, and breeding, in the wild for all this time, they only have a natural life span of some 20 years.

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