We did not fear our future, we shaped it.

我们没有害怕自己的未来，而是勇于创造未来。

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We chose the location because it was high, about 100 feet above the riverbank, and it was shaped like a point. It sloped downward on 3 sides, so we felt like it was a nice view during the daylight.

我们选这块地方是因为它的地势较高，大约高出河岸100英尺，形状像岬角，三面都是斜坡，所以我们觉得这里白天的景致会很好。

youdao

We chose the location because it was high, about 100 feet above the riverbank, and it was shaped like a point.It sloped downward on 3 sides, so we felt like it was a nice view during the daylight.

我们选这块地方是因为它的地势较高，大约高出河岸100英尺，形状像岬角，三面都是斜坡，所以我们觉得这里白天的景致会很好。

youdao

We did not fear our future, we shaped it."

VOA: special.2010.03.27

"The U.S.data should remind us that this recovery is not likely to be V-shaped It seems to me that we are going to see rising unemployment for a long time yet,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

The cancer had not spread beyond the thyroid, and, in eighty-six minutes, we removed the fleshy, butterfly-shaped organ, carefully detaching it from the trachea and from the nerves to the vocal cords.

NEWYORKER: Personal Best

Our own sense of who we are, and what we are, is overwhelmingly shaped by our sense of nation, as it is for every Western country.

BBC: A Point Of View: Making sense of China

The alternative is to drift in the wake of the conventional wisdom of the day and we need to decide whether we shape the world around us or are content to be shaped by it.

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