What if he died before he was able to fulfill his promise as a poet, ? before he could publish or make public his talent?

要是他还没能实现成为诗人的愿望，还没能彰显自己的才华就死了呢？

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so we try and make public school systems better for children in Providence.

所以，我们希望能改善公立学校的体系，让其更好地为普罗维登斯的孩子们服务。

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And he's continually willing to make that belief a public one.

然后他愿意把它不断地公之于众。

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They won't make money. You see, he set it two dollars for the public.

对，你知道，电影票只有两美元。

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But other people, in fact probably a larger percentage, default to the top option here: that these are personal health issues rather then public health issues; that people are making choices about what they eat, if they make bad choices it's their fault.

不过另一些人,确切说是很大一部分人,把问题归咎于以上几个选项,这是个人健康问题而不是公共健康问题,人们自由选择想吃的东西,即使做了不正确的选择也是他们自己的错

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And believe me, make sure that your government does not cut your public sector in a downturn.

相信我，千万不要让政府在萧条期削减你们的公共交通。

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