We ought to use the pluperfect and say wakened, but woke is better and was always used by Peter.

我们应该用过去完成时说“已经醒来”，但是“醒过来”更好，彼得总是说“醒过来”。

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Finally, have American friends tell us how they say things we have trouble with, and always imitate them.

最后请美国朋友告诉我们，我们在口语中感到困难的那些句子，他们是怎样表达的,并且要一直模仿他们。

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And back when I was a kid, my mother used to always say to us, "we have a bare pocketbook, but we have champagne taste."

当我还是个黑人小孩时，我的母亲总是习惯对我们说，“我们有空空的钱袋子，但我们的口味是香槟级的”。

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"We want to be a strong partner with the government and the people of Afghanistan, and I always say both because it is not either or it has to be both,"

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And that's basically trying to make sure our program has not regressed, as to say, gone backwards in how well it works. And so we always test it on everything.

这只是从根本上确保,我们的程序并没往后退，也就是说在可用性方面倒退了,因此我们在任何东西上,都要进行这样的测试。

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" And we always circle back around and say, "No, that disruption isn't worth it for us.

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But the vine's very hardiness and adaptability explain why it has spread across areas like North Africa, California's Central Valley and parts of Australia that have not always been, shall we say, dedicated heart and soul to wine quality.

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He taught us a lot and we at the Sun Times were always proud to say we worked where Roger Ebert worked.

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