幻想之后，等待他的是平凡的现世。

Enough of fantasy, the workaday world awaited him.

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他也不过是个十分疼爱自己狗儿的平凡人。

He's just a regular guy who loves his dog.

《牛津词典》

令他震撼的是这些人的平凡无奇。

What chilled him was the ordinariness of these men.

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All of us need some money, but some people really enjoy doing work that may not generate, if it's non-profit work like what we do.

我们都需要一些钱，但有些人,是真的乐于从事平凡的工作，比如说像我们做的这种不会发财的工作。

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