汉斯莱和杰克一样高，但他更瘦、更结实，穿着剪裁完美的西装和白色埃及棉衬衫，系着矢车菊蓝的领带。

As tall as Jack, Hensley was thinner, more compact under a perfectly tailored suit and white Egyptian cotton shirt, a tie of cornflower blue.

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我曾经做过一个梦，在梦里水稻和高粱一样高。

I once had a dream, in which I saw rice plants as tall as sorghum.

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“但愿我是一棵和别人一样高的大树。”他叹了口气说。

"Were I but such a high tree as the others are," sighed he.

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And they end this paper with the following quote: "It may be that trying to be happier is as futile as trying to be taller " and is therefore counterproductive."

论文用以下这句话作结尾：,“想变得更快乐,和想变高一样徒劳,只会适得其反“

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