Expressive ties predominate in primary groups; we view the people as ends in themselves and valuable in their own right.

情感纽带在初级社会群体中起主导作用；我们认为，这一群体的人通常依靠他们自己实现目的，并且凭借自身的实力体现自我价值。

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When people imagine themselves as advisers and imagine their own choices as belonging to someone else, they feel less tired and rely less on decision shortcuts to make those choices.

如果人们把自己想象成顾问，并把自己的选择想象成为别人做决定时，他们就不会那么累，也不会那么依赖捷径来为这些选择做出决策。

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Each couple stakes out their own patch of sand, making their photos look as if they had the beach to themselves.

每对新人会划出属于他们的一块沙地，这样在照片上看起来就仿佛他们自己拥有整个沙滩。

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It is not to bind them from voluntary actions but to direct and keep them in such motion as not to hurt themselves by their own impetuous desires, rashness or indiscretion as hedges are set not to stop travelers but to keep them on their way."

不是约束他们去做本该做的事,而是约束他们不做不该做的事,以免因自己的欲望，轻率，鲁莽而危机自身，这就像是篱笆的功能一样,不是要阻挡行路而是为小路指引方向“

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Many of these groups come across as young guys that think of themselves as invincible crusaders promoting their own version of vigilante justice.

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People think about themselves as individuals in society and their own self-created cultures.

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Mr Watts thinks that the rapid spread of harder drugs is because addicts in small towns have set themselves up as dealers to finance their own addiction.

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