When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

  • -- Khaled Hosseini 哈立德·侯赛尼

当我去阿富汗的时候,我意识到,由于随机的基因抽签,我得以幸免,因为我出生在那些有能力逃离阿富汗的人的家里。每次我去阿富汗,我都被这个问题所困扰。

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There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.

总有一天,世界会变得安静,你只剩下自己的心。所以你最好学会它的发音。否则你永远不会明白它在说什么。

I am a smoker, I'm ashamed to say. I had given it up for many years, then picked it up again. It's a horrible habit. I struggle with myself all the time. And I love to smoke.

我不好意思说,我是个吸烟者。我已经放弃了很多年,然后又重新拾起它。这是一个可怕的习惯。我一直在和自己斗争。我喜欢吸烟。

This seems highly likely, especially as it has been shown that in several systems mutations affecting the same amino acid are extremely near together on the genetic map.

这似乎是很有可能的,特别是已经证明,在影响相同氨基酸的几个系统中,突变在遗传图谱上非常接近。

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.

我们绝对有必要保护、保存和传承这种基因遗产,使人类和所有其他生物都能像我们所接受的那样保持良好的状态。