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My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

  • -- Sara Paretsky 莎拉帕勒斯基

我的父母是自由派知识分子，但他们甚至希望我呆在家里照顾弟弟妹妹，做家务。

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The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.

一个人的行为中，唯一能使他对社会顺从的部分，就是与他人有关的部分。就他自己而言，他的独立性是绝对的，是正确的。对他自己，对他自己的身体和思想，个人是至高无上的。

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I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

我认为这幅图显示的一件新鲜事是，孩子对父母的要求在心理上不成比例。父母经常有错，但孩子也有一些工作要做。

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That other saying, I'm a part of all that I have met, I think that would have to begin with my wonderful parents back in Atlanta when I was a youngster five years old I was tongue tied.

另一种说法是，我是我所见过的所有人的一部分，我想这要从我在亚特兰大的父母说起当我还是个五岁的孩子的时候，我舌头打结。

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They act as if they supposed that to be very sanguine about the general improvement of mankind is a virtue that relieves them from taking trouble about any improvement in particular.

他们的行为就好像他们认为，对人类的普遍进步非常乐观是一种美德，可以使他们不必为任何具体的进步而烦恼。

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Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

大自然告诉我们，随着智慧的增长，人们承受痛苦的能力也会增强，只有拥有最高程度的智慧，痛苦才会达到顶峰。

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Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

知识分子认为思想比价值更重要。也就是说，自己的想法和别人的价值观。

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My cooking is so bad my kids thought Thanksgiving was to commemorate Pearl Harbor.

我的厨艺太差了，我的孩子们以为感恩节是为了纪念珍珠港。

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I'm a housewife: I spend far more time on housework than anything else.

我是一个家庭主妇:我花在家务上的时间比花在其他任何事情上的时间都多。

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