Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
生命的价值是用思想和行为来衡量的,而不是寿命的长短。
and we have only to turn to that extraordinary discovery of echo-location in bats to see a case in which the voice plays a strictly utilitarian role.
我们只要看一看蝙蝠回声定位这一极不寻常的发现,就可以探究一下声音在什么情况下有绝对的实用价值。