We cannot exist without air, food, and water.

我们没有空气、食物和水就不能生存。

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After going without air for several minutes, Herbert was unconscious for two and a half months and has undergone therapy ever since.

赫伯特缺氧了好几分钟，他昏迷了两个半月，从那之后一直接受治疗。

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Man cannot live without air.

人离开了空气不能生存。

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"Traditional environmental risks are those that face largely the poor in China, risks like drinking water contaminated with infectious organisms or highly polluted indoor air from people burning wood or other dirty fuels inside homes without chimneys."

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But when Google goes down, just like a room without air, the web starts to suck a little.

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"They kept saying: 'They have been down there too long without air, '" neighbor Cybil Johnson told WCNC.

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He says the company would never have been viable without AIR and Flex.

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