In other words, it's better to live a short but happy and useful life than to live a long but unhappy and useless life.

换句话说，活得短暂但日子却过得快乐有所作为要比活得久但日子过得不快乐也无所作为要好。

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The worsening global shortage could render millions of dollars of high-value life-saving equipment totally useless.

不断恶化的全球短缺的情况可能会使价值数百万美元的高价值救生设备变得毫无用处。

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The worsening global shortage could render millions of dollars of high-value, life-saving equipment totally useless.

不断恶化的全球短缺状况可能会使价值数百万美元的高价值救生设备变得毫无用处。

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Similarly, my life felt useless and wasteful.

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But Congress has made a habit of letting these measures expire and then bringing them back to life, no matter how useless they are.

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And 18-year-old Simoti Majhi struggles through life with a hunched back and a useless right hand.

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