他在心脏搭桥手术中活了下来。

He had survived heart bypass surgery.

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尽管危险巨大，我还是活了下来。

In spite of great peril, I have survived.

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他竟然幸运地活了下来。

He is incredibly lucky to be alive.

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And when I think about that case,I find myself wanting to say, all right,I'll survive,but so what?

当我想到这个时，觉得自己会说，好了，我活了下来，但是又怎样呢？

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Someone has to make the sacrifice and people can survive.

有了他的牺牲，其他人才能活下来。

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Now that everything is did not live), it all seems a long time ago, though practically I still bear traces of the paint." Again, that parenthetical elides the death of the child.

这是莫娜的信：“现在一切都结束了,太可惜了，没能活下来！），一切似乎已经遥远，尽管自己至今,还在脸上留着残妆，“又一次的，这则附言草草提及孩子的死。

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