People expect a horse to perform like a car, with no thought for its feelings as a living being.

人们期望一匹马能表现得像一辆车那样，却没考虑到它作为一个活的生物的感受。

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And yes these poems were also sung; many troubadours were able to make a living being full-time poets which should tell you something about the value of that profession during medieval times.

是的，这些诗也是可以唱的；许多吟游诗人能够以全职诗人的身份谋生，这应该能启示你一些关于这个职业在中世纪的价值。

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In a metaphorical way with high scientific technologies, a city is compared to a living being consisting of body and soul.

馆内通过高科技的手法，以隐喻的形式，表明城市如同一个生命活体，具备生命的结构和灵魂。

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He told students it was time for them to learn what it means to be a human being on Earth at a time when every living system was failing.

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It's not a living being.

它不具有生命

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I've been living in a city, being able to live comfortably, financially

我一直住在城市里，生活得很舒服，物质上也很富足，

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"The Church is a living being, " he added, but it "also remains always the same".

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Most people today, even in for-profit business, are not about making a living being the best they can be.

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One, a computerized therapist named ELIZA, supposedly did fool some humans into thinking it was a living being in the 1960s.

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