Now I try that on my students, and invariably they say "Well, of course you've got to save the child.

我曾问过我的学生，他们都不约而同地说,“当然要先救小孩。

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And that can be an ordeal for the child, and of course, for the parents or the nurses who were looking after him.

这对于孩子是一种折磨，对于照顾他的,父母和医护人员也是如此。

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But of course this is a poor, black child growing up in the South, and his expectations, what his mind can imagine, is always going to be greater than what the world can deliver.

但要记得，这个黑人穷孩子是在南方长大的，他的期待，他想象的东西，总好过现实。

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