"But she was a bright young lady. When she was ready to graduate high school, she got a scholarship to go to the local university.

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I want to go back to our local village.

我想说说我们这里的事。

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So what this means is go to the local coffee shop, go to the newspaper stand, ask for directions,

所以，这就意味着你可以去当地的咖啡店、去报刊亭、去问路、

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If you wanted something, and this is still true in France today, it doesn't do any good to go to the local notable, like you did in the eighteenth century and say, "hey,monsieur,the little guy, it would be great if we had a school."

如果你想要什么东西,这在今天的法国仍然是事实,去当地的贵族那里绝无收获,就像是你在十八世纪的时候说,"嘿,小子,如果我有一所学校就再好不过了"

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And they've decided to go to the Criterion, or the local movie house, and there were these three movies showing, and they're all excited about going to this movie except being Economics majors and not very good at dating, they have forgotten to tell each other which movie they're actually going to go to.

他们想要找一家电影院约会,当时这三部电影正在上映,他们想到要一起看电影都很兴奋,虽然那些经济系的木头不太会约会,他们忘了告诉对方,去看哪一部影片了

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So if you are in an English-speaking country, my advice to you is to go out on the street and be local.

所以，如果你在说英语的国家，我建议你像当地人一样到街上去。

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