But he maintains a concentrated gaze as he lifts a metal lid off a bowl of soup and another off a small plate of steaming vegetables and mashed potatoes cradling a lake of gravy.

他全神贯注地盯着托盘，在我面前把上面各种佳肴的金属盖一一揭开，首先是一小碗汤，接着是一小盘热气腾腾的蔬菜，还有一盘肉汁衬底的土豆泥。

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But its central idea, that somehow catharsis leads to cure, lives on -- rages on -- in Oprah and Geraldo and Ricki Lake and the whole steaming psychic stew that is our confessional culture.

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