That desire to live forever in a record book may not seem very surprising.

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So very often, our self-interest will just stop our desire to do what's right.

所以我们的自身利益,会阻止我们去做正确的事。

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It's interesting how humans and plants have evolved together, and there's a very interesting book on this by Michael Pollan called, The Botany of Desire.

人和作物如何共同演化,这问题很有趣,迈克尔·保伦就此写了本很有意思的书,《植物的欲望》

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So, all of that is very palpable, and Sal's own desire for Dean is sublimated in those scenes, but it's everywhere at the level of the language.

所有这些都很明显，在那些情景下Sal对迪恩的渴望升华了，但在语言层面上到处都有表现。

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