Nowadays, if I had to sacrifice the highs to avoid the lows, I would.

现在，如果可以通过牺牲愉悦来避免伤心，我将选择如此。

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As far as I am concerned, the spirit of self-sacrifice is worthy for us to learn, but we should find amore appropriate way to avoid accident as well.

在我看来，自我牺牲精神是值得我们学习的，但是我们也应该找一个更合适的方法来避免事故。

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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

牺牲快乐以避免痛苦，显然是合算的。

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The question for the Stern Review analysis then effectively becomes: is it worthwhile to sacrifice costs a given percentage of GDP now to avoid a given percentage loss of GDP (i.e. damages) a century from now?

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