But in two thousand four the Center for Rural Development had the idea for a bank to help self-employed workers buy their own rickshaws.

VOA: special.2009.05.11

In other words, it is to bring the rigor, the substance, the empirical foundation, the science from academia and merge it with accessibility of the self-help or New Age movement.

换句话说，就是要把严谨，实质，经验基础，学术科学,与自助或新纪元运动的通俗易懂相结合。

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then I think absolutely plastic surgery can... maybe should be used if it's going to help with your self-confidence.

那么我觉得整形手术一定能……如果它能帮你增强自信，就应该整形。

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"He devised a large number of programs for the benefit of farmers, for the benefit of downtrodden people, for health care, for self-help groups of women,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

is how to give up your self-interest to help the community.

就是教学生怎样放弃自我利益，而是以集体利益为重。

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Because the self-help movement in many ways is about telling us how it's all about the power of the mind, talk about "Think and grow rich", the book; we'll talk about the secrets which is about creating our reality through our thoughts.

因为自助运动在很多方面,是在告诉我们信念力量是怎么回事，提到《思考致富》那本书;,我们会讨论各种秘密,它们如何通过思想创造现实。

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Absolutely. I think that it can help with self-esteem issues.

绝对可以。我想它可以帮助解决自尊问题。

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