In other words, the sacrificial cult was primarily a vehicle for worshipers' expression of a wide range of emotions: joy over the birth of a child, thankfulness for a good harvest and so on.

换句话说，献祭仪式从根本上来说,是表达崇拜者各种各样情感的一个途径：,新生儿带来的喜悦，对好收成的感谢，等等等等。

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So it looks like this child did a good job.

看来这个孩子做的不错。

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Rather he'll say, "It's for the child's own good.

而是说，“这都是为了孩子好。

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