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比赛
Race
And I think, on the other end, there were actors who were not as good as I was, perhaps who could have hung in too, but began to blame everything on race.
我认为，在另一方面，有些演员不如我优秀，也许他们也能坚持下去，但他们开始把一切都归咎于种族。
The human race is the basis on which heaven is founded, is because man was last created, and that which is last created is the basis of all that precedes.
人类是天堂建立的基础，因为人类是最后被创造的，而最后被创造的是所有之前事物的基础。
The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.
种族的智力进化包括这种关联的数量、精细程度、复杂性、持久性和形成速度的增加。
The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.
一个民族越是被它的激情所支配，它就越没有养成谨慎和理性辩论的习惯，它对音乐的热爱就会越强烈。
The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
进步的残酷被称为革命。当它们结束时，我们意识到:人类受到了粗暴的对待，但它已经进步了。
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
自由地看，英语是每一种方言、种族和时间范围的增加和发展，是所有语言的自由和紧凑的组成。
If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.
如果一个民族没有历史，没有有价值的传统，它就会成为世界思想中一个微不足道的因素，它就有被消灭的危险。
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难，但对种族来说却是最好的，因为它确保了适者生存。
In the week before a race, I try to stay away from germ areas. I keep disinfectant wipes in my bag for when I have to use a supermarket trolley or something like that.
在比赛前一周，我尽量远离细菌区。我把消毒剂湿巾放在包里，当我要用超市手推车或类似的东西的时候。
If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.
如果人类希望有一个长期和无限期的物质繁荣时期，他们只需要以一种和平和有益的方式对待彼此。
The different ness of races, moreover, is no evidence of superiority or of inferiority. This merely indicates that each race has certain gifts which the others do not possess.
此外，种族的不同并不能证明种族优越或种族低劣。这仅仅表明每个种族都有某些其他种族所没有的天赋。
A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.
很多人跑步是为了看谁跑得最快。我跑去看谁的胆子最大，谁能把惩罚自己变成累人的步伐，然后在最后，惩罚自己更多。
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To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.
做一个穷人是困难的，但是在一个金钱的国度里做一个贫穷的民族是最困难的。
It was the nation and the race dwelling all round the globe that had the lion's heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar.
只有居住在世界各地的国家和民族才有狮子的心。我很幸运地被叫去吼叫。
It could potentially be a very competitive race.
这可能是一场竞争非常激烈的比赛。
I'm a competitor. I really enjoyed the race more than just going out and running to run.
我是一个竞争对手。我真的很享受比赛，而不仅仅是出去跑步。
If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon.
如果我们某天早上醒来，发现每个人都是同样的种族、信仰和肤色，到中午我们就会发现造成偏见的其他原因。