Now, what would you do if your parents told you that?

如果你的父母告诉你那样做你会怎样呢

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Now, they have no choice, they cannot rely as human beings typically do on just doing what your parents did, just inheriting a tradition that functions, that works, that keeps you going.

不过他们别无选择,他们不能像人类常做的那样,依靠重复父辈做的事,继承传统的职责,工作,这些能激励你坚持下去

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