He proved it.” Sitting in a slaughterhouse as the sky rained fire, his life proved by a joke, Mr Vonnegut found the path that would define him for the rest of his life.

外围一片枪林弹雨、躯体置身屠宰场内，生命因为一个玩笑而变得真实；冯内古特发现他之后的人生就此注定。

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As the daylight faded and the cool of the evening settled, we sat around a blazing fire talking about life. We shared the good things we’ve done over the past twenty years — and we shared the bad.

夜色降临，凉意袭来，我们围坐在火炉边谈各自的生活，分享过去二十年间经历的美好时光—当然还有不如人意的遭遇。

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The last time I had seen him, on the night of the fire, he had held my hands, told me I had saved his life, and looked at me as if he loved me.

我最后一次见到他时，是在那个起火的晚上，他曾握着我的双手，告诉我我救了他的命，而且看着我，好像他爱我一样。

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You need to be there as quick as you can, because as a fire develops it's not only the people who probably could lose a life in that fire, but also the firefighters' lives are put at risk.

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