Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

-- Ralph Ellison 埃利森

有些人是你的亲戚，有些人是你的祖先，你选择你想要的人作为祖先。你从这些价值观中创造了自己。

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What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

什么是正常的童年?我们并不富有，我们是相当的中产阶级。我父亲从一份工作活到另一份工作;由于他要照顾这么多亲戚，他一分钱也攒不下来。

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Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.

我们大多数人不仅仅是为了生存而生存。从我们祖先的角度来看，我们过着几乎难以想象的安逸生活。在这里，我们再次感谢创新。

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To be an ancestral believer is to be a good ancestor.

做一个祖先的信徒就是做一个好祖先。

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