His first years in the United States were difficult, like those of most immigrants at that time.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

He says, "Poetry in our own time-- -- such is the complexity of the world we live in-- must be difficult."

他写道，“我们这一时代的诗-,正如我们生活着的世界-,让人费解“

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Because this lecture is introductory, I'm not going to spend a great deal of time explicating the more difficult moments in his argument.

因为这门课是导读课程，我不会花太多时间,详细解释他的理论中的难点。

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He hoped he had made the country understand one thing: the great need to forget hatred and bitterness in the difficult time of re-building that would follow the war.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

And one reason Bowman believes this is that we have such a difficult time in understanding other peoples and other cultures is that the very idea of defending one's honor has largely been devalued in the modern west.

鲍曼给出了一个理由,正是因为西方社会中,对维护荣誉的观念早已淡化,才导致他们对其他社会群体,和特定文化的不理解。

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