Robert Kennedy once said that a country's GDP measures "everything except that which makes life worthwhile."

罗伯特·肯尼迪曾说过，一个国家的国内生产总值可以衡量“除了让生活有价值以外的一切事情”。

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Yet it is precisely this deceptive ease which makes language a victim of its own success, since in everyday life its triumphs are usually taken for granted.

然而，正是这种欺骗性的轻松使语言成为自身成功的牺牲品，因为在日常生活中，语言的成功通常被视为理所当然。

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The yeast fires off signals that trick the bacterium into slashing production of one of its armaments - a reactive chemical called pyocyanin, which makes life particularly uncomfortable for the yeast.

白念珠菌(真菌)关闭绿脓杆菌(细菌)的感应信号，欺骗他们削减其军备生产之一——一种叫做绿脓菌素的反应性化学物质，它可以使真菌极其难受。

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On average Baghdadis receive eight to 12 hours of national electricity a day, which makes life in the summer -- when temperatures easily reach 120 degrees -- almost unbearable.

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And they need to do this whilst standing head and shoulders above competitors with a true standout campaign that is no one-hit-wonder, and which makes a real difference, securing consumer loyalty for life.

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In 1843 the ABS sold the first-ever charitable gift annuity, a now-popular fundraising device in which a person makes a donation to a tax-exempt entity and gets back a specified annual return for life.

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