You-- It's been a series of-- a huge controversy in the popular culture to the extent of which parents matter and this is an issue which will preoccupy us for much of the course.

你,有一系列的,关于父母在多大程度上起作用,在流行文化里是有很大争议的,我们将会在这门课里用很多的时间,来讲这个问题

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And Buckingham Palace is just open for the summer, so that's, that's pretty popular.

白金汉宫只在夏天开放，所以那儿相当受欢迎。

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