"It might not be a bad idea to let people know verbally, out loud,for all the world to see, , the kind of support,at least talk, that we appreciate what they are doing and that we are inspired by their courage.

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It wasn't that bad really, it was kind of interesting, I learnt a lot," to justify what they did.

其实这份工作没那么无聊，挺有趣的，我学到了很多“他们会这样为不合理的行为找理由。

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Isn't there a kind of logical requirement that for something to be bad for you ? you've got to be around to receive that bad thing?

难道没有这样一种逻辑要求吗,如果有什么事物对你来说有坏处,你不是应该去接受那个有害的事物吗？

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We have a philosophy that--most of us-- that some kind of economic inequality is a bad thing and that it's unjust for someone who is, for no fault of his or her own, suffering economic hardship.

我们一般认为，大部分人看来-,某些贫富差异是件坏事,对于那些本身并无过错，却深陷贫困泥沼的人来说是不公平的。

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But anyway, the confederate that they hired was a woman who was naturally attractive in most people's view but they made her look either more attractive or less attractive by giving her kind of frumpy clothes, bad make-up, and a frizzy wig.

不管怎么说，他们请的这个助手,在大多数人眼中亭亭玉立,他们可以把她包装得更漂亮,或打扮成丑女无敌,让她穿些邋遢的衣服，失败的妆容还带上卷曲的假发。

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If the chance of death would add a kind of zest, then perhaps the ubiquity of death is actually a good thing rather than a bad thing.

如果死亡的可能性增加是一种兴趣，那么也许死亡的无处不在,事实上是一件好事而非坏事。

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