We can take some gratification at having come a certain distance in just a few thousand years of our existence as language users, but it should be a deeper satisfaction, even an exhilaration, to recognize that we have such a distance still to go.

-- Lewis Thomas 路易斯·汤马斯

作为语言使用者，我们在短短几千年的时间里走到了一定的距离，我们可以从中得到一些满足，但认识到我们还有这么一段距离要走，应该是一种更深层次的满足，甚至是一种兴奋。

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If a commodity were in no way useful, - in other words, if it could in no way contribute to our gratification, - it would be destitute of exchangeable value, however scarce it might be, or whatever quantity of labour might be necessary to procure it.

如果一种商品毫无用处，换句话说，如果它对我们的满足感毫无帮助，那么它就没有可交换的价值，无论它有多么稀缺，也无论购买它需要多少劳动力。

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My parents said sticks and stones will break your bones but names will never hurt you. But I always felt a sense of exhilaration after a fight; it was the names that really hurt me.

我父母说棍棒和石头会打断你的骨头，但名字永远不会伤害你。但每次打架后，我总能感到一阵兴奋;是这些名字真正伤害了我。

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The only thing I miss from the sitcom format is that immediate gratification of when you're, if we're talking about comedy, of the live audience.

我唯一怀念的是情景喜剧的形式，当你是，如果我们说的是喜剧，现场观众的即时满足感。

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