"My parents had no idea," said one of them, a 17-year-old girl who, like other formerly addicted youths interviewed, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of her past drug use.

“爸妈不知道我的事！ ”接受采访的17岁吸毒女孩说道。像其他曾经吸毒成瘾的年轻人一样，父母对此并不知情。

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Candidate B: He has been fired by his employers twice in the past and often gets up until noon every day. He was once addicted to opium in college and drinks a large quart of whiskey every dusk.

候选人B：他过去有过2次被解雇的记录，睡觉睡到中午才起来，大学时吸鸦片，而且每天傍晚会喝一大夸特威士忌。

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But nothing is more nave than assuming that the endless oil that modern societies grew addicted to over the past fifty years will last forever.

但没有什么更多的天真，比假设无休止的石油，现代社会的成长耽溺在过去五十年将持续永远。

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Given that Jackson said in the past that he had been addicted to painkillers -- in 1993 in a video statement he said this happened after his scalp was burned in a Pepsi commercial taping -- his liver was likely not as healthy as a normal 50-year-old's liver, Parker said.

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