我经常停下写一本书，放着它几年。

I've often stopped writing a book and left it for a few years.

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我曾好多次听到人们说：“我可以写一本书，但就是没有时间。”

How many times have I heard people say, "I could write a book. I just haven't the time."

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他只想粗制滥造地写一本书致富。

All he wants to do is write a potboiler and get rich.

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It was very well received. You decided, "for my next project I am going to write about my life." You've had a hard life, by the way.

你决定：，“我的下一本书要写我的生活”,顺便提一下，你的日子很贫苦。

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My friend Nassim Talib has just written a book about it called-- maybe I'll talk about that--called The Black Swan.

我的朋友纳西姆·塔利博刚刚写了一本书,叫做"黑天鹅现象",以后我会再讲到

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She has written a book called Women's Rights and Religious Practice--Claims in Conflict.

她写了一本书，叫做,《女性权利与宗教实践：，冲突中的观点》

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