A YEAR ago, your correspondent decided life was too short to spend an hour or so a day reading what friends on Facebook were about to cook for supper or some such thing.

一年前，你的联系人终于认可花一个小时或者一天在Facebook上阅读朋友们如何准备晚饭或一些这样的东西时的人生太过短暂。

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I am sure there was some great neglect or other on their side, for she is not the kind of girl to do such a thing, if she had been well looked after.

我看，一定是他们太怠慢了她。象她那样一个姑娘，要是有人好好地照料她，她是决不会做出那种事来的。

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Some of them still claim that there’s no such thing as global warming, or at least that the evidence isn’t yet conclusive.

他们中的一些人还声称没有全球变暖这一回事，或者至少证据还未确凿。

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While many of us tend to use our cellphones as our primary number, which means we're always available (yes, we know that's sometimes not such a good thing), there are still some people who have a home or business landline number that they give out, meaning callers often get hit with voicemail.

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