He's a wine merchant, so most evenings end with a bottle or two, and he often jokes that he hasn't been stone-cold sober since he left school in 1982.

他是一名酒商，所以大部分的晚上都要喝上一瓶或者两瓶，他经常开玩笑说自从他1982年离开学校后从来没有酒醒过。

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The notoriously poor quality of some school toilet paper has long been the butt of many jokes, but the move angered parents.

虽然有些学校提供的卫生纸质量出了名的差，长期以来一直遭人耻笑，但要求学生自带手纸的做法还是让家长们很生气。

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Fine jokes that — after a heavy class schedule and an intense internship for a Washington Congressman — school has left her burned out before she's even begun her career.

Fine开玩笑称，繁重的课程和为华盛顿国某会议员做实习生后，还未开始工作，学校就已经让她疲惫不堪。

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They eat, tell jokes, and discuss school, work, and the importance of being a close family.

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