我的父亲对我说，不要靠近他们。

My father told me not to go near them.

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但是我的父亲对我说，“这需要时间。”

But my father said to me, "it takes time."

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实际上，我在那一刻十分厌恶它，但父亲对我说：“在山顶上你总是能看到美丽的天空，但在到达山顶前你是看不到的。”

In fact, I hated it at that moment, but my father said to me, "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain, but you can't see it before you reach the top."

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His father said, "I see you are spending more of your time in idleness than in taking care of business at this crucial time."

他的父亲对他说,"我老是发现,你成天游手好闲,而不在这节骨眼儿上多花点功夫做正经事"

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And his answer was, "Well, when my father sent me here, he told me a number of things that I'm supposed to do, but the most important of these was the Greek words, aien aristeioi, always be the Best.

他的回答是,"当我父亲把我送到这里时,他对我说了,我该做到的几件事,而其中最重要的就是,用古希腊语说"aien aristeioi",事事为先

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