To me, that was a wake-up call that the Meta Secret isn't something to be learned and put away on a shelf, it must be lived every day in order for me or anyone else to benefit from it.

这件事敲响了我的警钟，告诉我元秘密不是一本看完就可以束之高阁的书，而是要每天身体力行，才能从中获益匪浅。

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Yet if you cannot all agree on something as basically simple as ending the killing of each other, how can you call upon the heavens with shaking fist to put your life in order?

然而，如果你们在象停止杀害彼此基本上这么简单的一件事上，都无法全体同意的话，你们又如何能摇着拳头，呼唤老天来帮你们整理你们的人生？

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It is an unfortunate reality of life that most people view work as a chore - something that must be done in order to put money in the bank and food on the table.

大多数人把工作看成是不得不做的一件事——为了挣钱存在银行里以及挣到餐桌上的食物，这是生活中不幸的现实。

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It's said that the hardware will be doled out to staff and volunteers helping to get the Games in order, giving them something to do with their leisure hours (we suppose) as they put the finishing touches on the many event venues spotting the city, and presumably, China will be working hard to play up its technological achievement come game time later this year.

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