Visitors to Harpers Ferry can learn about America's history as it brings the past to life.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Obviously philosophers in the past have speculated about life after death.

显然，过去的哲学家们已经,在猜测是否有来世。

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But the message isn't that optimistic sort of that life is short, enjoy it. It's more that the past is no good to us and we can't rekindle the past.

但是其所传达的信息并不是乐观的，不是那种,生命短暂，尽情享受的想法，此外,过去于我们无益，我们也无法使昔日之火复燃。

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This raises the exciting possibility that life may have existed in the past on Mars.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Yevgeniy Dubovik says there is no point in dwelling on the past, because everyone knows about the famine anyway and life after collectivization was fine.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

Britain's political life has been dominated for the past three decades by two parties - the Conservatives, now led by David Cameron, and Labor headed by current Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

VOA: standard.2010.04.23

Widely respected for his craft, his private life however over the past 15 years was muddied with allegations of child abuse while he suffered under the weight of a huge financial debt.

VOA: standard.2009.06.26