And Thanksgiving also, in my early days when I was a child, the kids would all get to play, maybe we hadn't seen each other for a while.

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Let me remind you of that other intrusive moment in the poem, the moment when a figure whose presence we hadn't been aware of suddenly made -suddenly asserted himself.

我来提醒一下你们，诗里有另外一个被侵入的时刻，一个我们仍未可知的，突如其来的角色,突然出现的时刻,他毫无预兆的将自己安插进来。

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That was kind of a riskless trade because if they filed on time, we hadn't paid anything.

这是一种冒险的交易,因为如果他们按时发布，我们没有损失。

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And from the fact, even if we were to agree with it, that it would've been better if we hadn't been born-- instead of feeling sorry for unborn Larry, Larry perhaps we should envy unborn Larry; that's what the pessimists say-- even if that were true, it wouldn't follow that suicide was an appropriate response.

从这个事实讲，即使我们同意，我们没有出生更好-,与其为没出生的Larry感到遗憾，也许我们应该嫉妒未出生的;,这正是悲观主义者的观点-,即使这是对的，也得不出自杀是适合的回应的结论。

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