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Isn't it incredible 这不是很令人难以置信吗 how the longer we live on this Earth 我们在世上活得越久 the more the passage of time 越会感觉 between the world outside us 我们自身之外的时间 and the world within us seems out of sync" class="hjdict" word="sync" target=_blank>sync ? 与我们内在的世界已经脱轨 I attended my 35th high school reunion" class="hjdict" word="reunion" target=_blank>reunion recently. 最近我去参加了第35次的高中同学聚会 It was held at the 4-H camp 这次聚会在一个青少年课外教育营地举行 that I grew up next to as a child. 我从小到大就住在营地附近 When I got there 当我来到那里 the very first thing I noticed was the little Oak trees 我注意到的第一样东西是一株小小的橡胶树 that I used to climb up as a boy 小时候我经常爬上去玩耍 now seemed as tall as Redwoods. 现在看起来却像红杉一样矮小 How had that happened? 这是怎么回事呢 I had arrived early 我到得比预定的时间早 so I volunteered" class="hjdict" word="volunteered" target=_blank>volunteered to help get things set up. | 
