Although it's difficult, if not impossible, to put a dollar value on the numerous services nature provides, leaving them out of economic calculations means they are often ignored.

  • -- David Suzuki 大卫铃木

尽管很难(如果不是不可能的话)用美元来衡量大自然提供的众多服务的价值,但把它们排除在经济计算之外意味着它们常常被忽视。

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It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

通常情况下,当一个人拥有一种特殊的能力达到一个非凡的程度时,自然会通过让他或她在其他任何部门都不称职来弥补。

Ultimately, my books are not about the politics, although the toil and the struggle and the wars in Afghanistan have a significant impact on the lives of my characters.

最终,我的书不是关于政治的,尽管在阿富汗的辛劳、斗争和战争对我的角色的生活有着重要的影响。

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.

我不相信耶稣是神的儿子,虽然我倾向于认为他可能是一个伟大的先知。

I should have been trying to build a career, rather than leaving it in the hands of somebody else.

我应该努力建立自己的事业,而不是把它交给别人。