Their sheer dedication is underlined by the fact that, in 2005, Simon broke his neck after falling from a rickety wooden bridge in the Brazilian Amazon.
He later recalled that after growing up in Iowa as a Quaker orphan, he was 10 years old before he realized he could do something for the sheer joy of it without offending God.
他后来回忆起作为一个爱荷华州的地震孤儿，他十岁前就懂得真正的快乐不能建立在冒犯上帝的基础上。
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It's sheer paradise to relax in a hot bath after a hard day's work.