"I came to ask your advice – no, to ask for your help."—"That's better. And how can I help you?"

“我来向你请教——不，请你帮个忙。” —“这就对了，我能为你做什么？”

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One day, a magician came to the man and said to him, "I can make your son happy and turn his frowns into smiles, but you must pay me a great price for telling him the secret."

一天，一个魔术师来到这个人跟前，对他说：“我可以让你的儿子高兴，让他一展愁眉露出微笑，但你必须为告诉他这个秘密付出巨大代价。”

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I just came back from Shanghai Disneyland. Can you guess how much I paid for the Micky Mouse toy?

我才从上海迪士尼回来。你猜猜我买米奇玩具花了多少钱？

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So when I came into office, I had promised you that I would cut taxes for middle-class Americans.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

"I got off the airplane and they came after me to, you know, run for senator in Florida, and I told them, 'No, ' " he said.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Mr. WIGGINS: The way I always felt, even when I came back and went back to work for the government and such, I felt that if you could not change the system, then you could do it for yourself.

NPR: The Lessons of War, Shared Across Generations