In nineteen eighty-six, Congress chose the rose as America's national flower.

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She's a flower, she's perishable, she's half hidden, - and she's ultimately dead and in the ground-- whereas a star would seem to be something that she just can't be mapped onto if she is this half-hidden thing.

她是一朵花，是易腐烂的，有一半深埋在土里，最终凋谢回归土地-,如果她一般在土里,她就不可能是星星。

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It's basically--if I am told that you're a genius and your genius is about to be in full-flower throughout this class and it's a small class as these classes were, I'll focus more on you, I'll give you more of my attention.

它其实…如果有人告诉我你是天才,你的才智能在这节课上完全体现出来,这个班的人不多，我就会把更多的注意力放在你身上。

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