他们把自己的灵魂出卖给魔鬼——这是他们的罪状。

They sold themselves to the devil—such is their crime.

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这是他们的母亲最糟糕的情形。她声音刺耳，随时会对人发脾气。

This was their mother at her worst. Her voice was strident, she was ready to be angry at anyone.

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让别人来得出结论，他们会为此感到自豪，因为他们觉得这是他们的想法。

Let someone else come to the conclusion and they will be proud of it because they feel like it is their idea.

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Then they'll be like, "That's the stupidest idea ever," or "That's somewhat interesting but maybe this and this and this."

之后他们会喜欢它，“这是最傻的想法，“,或是“这很有趣,但可能这样或是那样更好。“

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I think the idea behind of it is that, you know, they... have created this really inexpensive laptop

我觉得这体现的想法是，他们会设计便宜的笔记本电脑，

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So, that's one small way in the language that they practiced tried to imitate the experience that they were immersing themselves in.

这是语言上的一种方式,他们试图用语言来模仿,他们沉浸其中的体验。

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