Their sheer dedication is underlined by the fact that, in 2005, Simon broke his neck after falling from a rickety wooden bridge in the Brazilian Amazon.

他们的执著可以举个事例来说明：2005年，西蒙在巴西亚马逊河从一条摇摇欲坠的木桥上跌落下来，摔坏了脖子。

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He later recalled that after growing up in Iowa as a Quaker orphan, he was 10 years old before he realized he could do something for the sheer joy of it without offending God.

他后来回忆起作为一个爱荷华州的地震孤儿，他十岁前就懂得真正的快乐不能建立在冒犯上帝的基础上。

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It's sheer paradise to relax in a hot bath after a hard day's work.

一天的辛苦工作之后在热水浴缸中松弛一下真是最大的享受。

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The former Royal Marine won international fame in 1997 when he was rescued after surviving on "sheer determination, a little water and a little chocolate" for five days in the upturned hull of his boat in the Southern Ocean during the Vendee Globe race.

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