Yesterday I was dirty, wanted to be pretty. I know now that I'm forever dirt.

昨天我很肮脏，我想变得漂亮，但我现在知道我将永远是污垢。

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But sometimes at the weekend he wanted to go out with a pretty and clean girl, the type who would hardly be found in a nightclub or other entertainment hotspot.

可有时，他希望周末的时候有个漂亮单纯的女孩子陪他出去走走，而不是夜店或者其他娱乐场所很容易就能找到女人。

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He turned out to be a pretty cool kid. I asked him if he wanted to play football on Saturday with me and my friends.

他原来竟是一位非常讨人喜欢的孩子，我问他是否周六想跟我及我的朋友一起踢足球。

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Is anyone else pre-med here? Okay, so a pretty good showing. So maybe you can relate to some of the reasons I wanted to be pretty pre-med -- part of it was the interest in the science and the biology. Also, I wanted to help people -- it seemed like a really clear way that I could have a career that was challenging and involved in science, but also helping others.

你们中有医学预科的吗？,不错，有不少人,也许你们出于和我当年,想读医学预科一样的原因,一方面是受灾科学和生物学方面兴趣的驱使,另一方面,我想帮助别人,所以我似乎应该选择。

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