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I came home every Friday afternoon, riding the six miles on the back of a big mule. I spent Saturday and Sunday washing and ironing and cooking for the children and went back to my country school on Sunday afternoon.
每个星期五下午,我都骑着一头大骡子走完六英里的路程回家。我花了周六和周日的时间为孩子们洗衣、熨衣服和做饭,周日下午回到了我的乡村学校。
I always knew where I was going eventually, so it helped me to stay at home for three years. It helped me to develop my game. But it also helped me off the ice. Life here is way different, and I was able to get older.
我总是知道我最终要去哪里,所以它帮助我在家里呆了三年。它帮助我开发我的游戏。但它也帮助我摆脱了困境。这里的生活完全不同,我可以慢慢变老。
Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom.
在家接受教育的孩子经常出于多种目的结合在一起——而且他们的互动很好。家庭教育运动的发展意味着越来越多的孩子在一起学习,而不是在传统的教室里。
I now have a home recording studio, which I can operate entirely on my own, as well as a portable version of the same which allows me to record anywhere I like and simply swap out the hard drives for use in the home studio.
我现在有一个家庭录音室,我可以完全自己操作,还有一个便携式版本的相同,让我可以在任何我喜欢的地方录音,并简单地更换硬盘驱动器,在家庭录音室使用。
The People in this Town began to inquire my Business, and because I did not readily inform them, they began to suspect me, and said, that I was come to settle the Indian's Land and they knew I should never go Home again Safe.
城里的人开始打听我的事,因为我没有及时告诉他们,他们开始怀疑我,说我是来印第安人的土地上定居的,他们知道我再也不能安全回家了。
For example, I was a White House intern the summer before I dropped out of law school. Everybody knew about it. I'd come home and go to church and everybody would say, 'Oh, my God. Demetri, you're working at the White House.'
例如,在我从法学院退学前的那个夏天,我在白宫实习。每个人都知道这件事。我回到家,去教堂,每个人都会说,‘哦,我的上帝。黛米特丽,你在白宫工作。”
The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.
最环保的房子是你没有建造的。如果你真的想拯救地球,那就搬到另一个家庭,和他们一起住在已经建好的房子里。更好的是,住在森林里,吃松鼠不想吃的任何东西。
I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.
我记得有天晚上开车回家时,他们正在收音机上看报纸。其中一篇文章是关于我和妻子分居的。听有关婚姻破裂的新闻报道是一件很奇怪的事情。
I love grocery shopping when I'm home. That's what makes me feel totally normal. I love both the idea of home as in being with my family and friends, and also the idea of exploration. I think those two are probably my great interests.
我喜欢在家里买东西。这让我觉得很正常。我喜欢和家人朋友在一起的家的感觉,也喜欢探索的感觉。我想这两个可能是我最大的兴趣。
I feel like I've never had a home, you know? I feel related to the country, to this country, and yet I don't know exactly where I fit in... There's always this kind of nostalgia for a place, a place where you can reckon with yourself.
我觉得我从来没有家,你知道吗?我觉得我和这个国家,和这个国家有联系,但我不知道我到底属于哪个国家……总有一种对一个地方的怀旧之情,一个你可以自己思考的地方。
And I came back and it was great, 'cuz George had set up all these flowers all over the studio saying welcome home. So then we got it together again. I always felt it was better on the White one for me. We were more like a band, you know.
我回来的时候感觉很好,因为乔治在工作室里放了很多花,上面写着欢迎回家。然后我们又和好了。我一直觉得白色的更好。我们更像是一个乐队。
If we can produce more ethanol and bio-diesel to help fuel our vehicles, we will create jobs, boost local economies and produce cleaner burning fuels. This will keep dollars here at home where they can have a positive impact on our economy.
如果我们能够生产更多的乙醇和生物柴油来为我们的汽车提供燃料,我们将创造就业机会,促进当地经济,生产更清洁的燃料。这将使美元留在国内,对我们的经济产生积极影响。
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A man's home is his wife's castle.
男人的家是他妻子的城堡。
Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
每一个全垒打都让我更接近下一个本垒打。
My worst job was working in the laundry of a nursing home.
我最糟糕的工作是在养老院的洗衣房工作。
I've got a really hard election. If you had a really hard election and it was after Labor Day would you go to North Carolina to a bunch of parties and glad-handing or would you stay home and work as hard as you know how to convince Missourians they should rehire you?
我的选举真的很艰难。如果你有一个非常艰难的选举,而且是在劳动节之后,你会去北卡罗来纳参加一些派对,与人握手,还是会呆在家里,尽你所能地努力工作,说服密苏里人他们应该重新雇用你?
A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere.
女人应该和孩子们呆在一起,建立一个家,确保有一个安全的家庭氛围。
It's hard being away from home. But other than that, performing is the highlight of my day.
离开家真不容易。但除此之外,表演是我一天中最精彩的部分。