To keep that conception in regard to decent race relations alive and growing has been the aspiration of generation after generation in many an American family, judging by my own and by those I know.

美国世世代代,都憧憬这一种理想,那就是保持,广博开放的胸襟，来正确面对种族问题。

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And if your body is biologically programmed to defend itself gainst famine or starvation which is what humans and animals have faced over all the centuries then you're going to seek out the energy dense food and that's why those foods taste inherently better.

在生物学角度,你的身体本身一直在,抵御饥荒和饥饿,是人和其他动物几世纪来一直面对的问题,所以你就主动寻找高能量的食品,这也是为什么这些食品比较好吃

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