You can ask your parents what they can remember about their parents and grandparents.

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And, finally frustrated, Hitchcock went to the actor, leaned over, whispered in his ear, "Your parents have left you " and they're never coming back."

最后他沮丧极了，走到那个小演员身边，俯下身子凑到他耳边说，“你爸妈刚把你丢在这了,他们再也不回来了“

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Now, they have no choice, they cannot rely as human beings typically do on just doing what your parents did, just inheriting a tradition that functions, that works, that keeps you going.

不过他们别无选择,他们不能像人类常做的那样,依靠重复父辈做的事,继承传统的职责,工作,这些能激励你坚持下去

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And now let's suppose that your parents are going away for the weekend and they leave you with the following instructions: If it's raining tomorrow morning, when you wake up, you are to close the windows, open the door and let the cat in, phone the grocer and have him send over the following list of groceries. All right.

现在假设你们的父母这周末,离开了，给你们留下了,以下的一些指示：,如果明天早上下雨了，醒来的时候，要把窗户关好，打开门,让猫进来，打电话给杂货店并且让他,送来以下的生活用品，好的。

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