He has spent his life working to end measles.

他毕生致力于消灭麻疹。

And here is how life works.

生命就是这样的。

The solitary life worked for you.

隐居的生活很适合你。

They spend their whole life working for one goal.

他们都花了一辈子的时间，苦苦追寻一个目标。

That's not the way life works.

生活不是这样的。

We made it our life's work.

我们把经营这座小岛当成了我们的毕生事业。

These themes informed his life's work.

这些主题贯穿了他的一生。

Now we spend roughly a third of our adult lives working.

我们的成年生活几乎三分之一的时间都在工作。

But, while he was there, he stumbled upon his life's work.

但是，当他在那里时，他偶然发现了他此生的事业。

Too many people spend their lives working on jobs they hate because they're afraid.

太多人因为害怕而在他们厌恶的工作中度过的一生。