We were too young then to take any part in these doings, but the waves of merriment and life to which they gave rise came and beat at the doors of our curiosity.

那时我们还太年轻，不能够参与这些活动。但这些活动带来的欢乐和生命的浪潮冲击着我们的好奇心。

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My mind standing on the brink called out, as it were, with an eager waving of hands to the ferryman sailing away across the waves to the other side. For life longed to start on life's journey.

我的心，好似站在河边，热烈地挥舞着手，向那朝着对岸破浪前进的船夫呼喊，因为生命渴望开始生命的旅程。

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If you procrastinate, whine, and complain about the hard situations in life, the waves of difficulties will roll you upside down.

如果你犹豫不决、悲悲戚戚、牢骚满腹地抱怨生活的艰难，那么一浪又一浪的困境将会让你摔个底朝天。

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Military experts warn us our national security is threatened by massive waves of climate refugees destabilizing countries around the world, and scientists tell us the very web of life is endangered by unprecedented extinctions.

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