Francis felt he would like to stop this conversation initstracks.
弗朗西斯觉得他想中断这次谈话。
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A fear of death is a sensible evolved response and, since ageing is a sure way of dying, it is no surprise that people want to stop it initstracks.
恐惧死亡是一种明智的进化反应，而衰老却是死亡的必经之路，因此，人们想阻止衰老进程就不足为奇了。
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Alternatively, removing fuel from the fire—by chopping down trees, digging fire breaks and setting control burns ahead of it— also helps stop a fire initstracks.