“少女的职责”这一章告诫年轻女性：“任何不道德的好奇心和不纯洁的幻想都是对精神的玷污……一个女人若听了污言秽语便是对她耳朵的亵渎。”

In the chapter titled Duty of Virgins, young girls are told: 'Every indecent curiosity or impure Fancy is a deflowering of the mind... she that listens to wanton discourse has violated her ears.

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在这杂乱无章的中心，我恰恰找到了，心。

Here in the heart of the sprawl, I'd found, well, heart.

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最后，山姆的(也是读者的)对自己理解和对她朋友的理解已经太完整了，以至于那些第一章里的贱女孩们变成了复杂的，甚至有同情心的女孩。

By the end, Sam's (and the reader's) understanding of herself and of her friends is so complete that the bitches from chapter one have become complex, even sympathetic girls.

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