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Five years ago, at summer’s end, Andrew Fusek Peters was diagnosed with bowel cancer. “I was waiting for surgery, feeling really ill, sitting in my garden. It was amazing weather and there were painted lady butterflies everywhere,” he says. “They were a symbol of fragile life, of hope and defiance, and something appealed to my soul.”

五年前的夏末，安德鲁·富塞克·彼得斯被诊断出患有肠癌。“我在等待手术，感觉非常难受，坐在我的花园里。天气好极了，到处都是小红蛱蝶，”他说，“它们象征着脆弱的生命，象征着希望与不屈，有某种东西打动了我的灵魂。”

The national parks provide great value to U.S. residents both as places to escape and as symbols of nature.

国家公园既是人们逃离尘嚣的去处，又是自然的象征，为美国居民提供了巨大的价值。

a symbol of the entrepreneurs’ wealth.

企业家财富的象征。

Millions of Americans and foreigners see G.I. Joe as a mindless war toy, the symbol of American military adventurism, but that’s not how it used to be.

数以百万计的美国人和外国人把大兵乔视为一个没头脑的战争玩具，是美国军事冒险主义的象征，但过去可不是这样。