"Nature gave us lips to conceal our teeth," ran one popular Victorian maxim, alluding to the fact that before the birth of proper dentistry, mouths were often in a shocking state of hygiene.

维多利亚时代流传着一则箴言：“造物主赋予人类嘴唇以遮掩牙齿”。这暗示了在严格意义上的牙科学诞生之前，口腔的卫生状况往往非常糟糕。

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PRAYER Because we can joyfully look ahead to a new life in another world, we praise our God: Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.

“祈祷”，因为我们可以愉快地向前看，看到在另外一个世界的新生命，我们赞美我们的上帝：因为你的慈爱比生命更美好，我的嘴唇咬赞美你。

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"There's a chemical basis for what happens when our bodies meet at the lips," Kirshenbaum said.

科什·鲍姆说“当唇唇相遇时，会产生一种化学反应”。

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The idea of having the liberty to say whatever comes to our lips sounds to Plato like a kind of blasphemy.

拥有随意脱口而出,自由的概念,听在柏拉图耳中却像是一种亵渎。

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