The two biggest fears of children in urban Chicago are that snakes and spiders, even though many of these children have probably never seen a snake outside of a zoo in their lives.

芝加哥市区孩子最害怕的两样是,蛇和蜘蛛，甚至这些孩子,从未在动物园以外的地方见过蛇。

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This has got my personality, my memories of growing up in Chicago,becoming a philosopher, my thoughts about what I want to have happen to my children, my fears about how I'm going to explain what's going on to my wife.

这个肉体拥有我的人格，我在芝加哥成长，成为哲学家的记忆，拥有我对孩子将来的期许，有我不知该如何跟妻子解释的恐惧。

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