In psychology, there is a well-known apple picking theory - a person who is eager for success should always try to pick the "apple" - the goal - which needs a hard jump to reach.

在心理学中，有一个著名的摘苹果理论：一个渴望成功的人，应该永远努力去采摘那些需要奋力跳起来才能够得着的“苹果”——目标。

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Three of our favorite family fall traditions are to rake leaves in the garden, go apple picking, and plant tulip and daffodil bulbs before the first frost.

在秋季的风俗中，我们最爱的三个家庭传统是去花园里整理落叶，采摘苹果及赶在初霜来临前播种好郁金香和黄水仙。

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Last year we helped them with the apple picking.

去年我们帮他们采摘苹果。

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There's the ladder to heaven in "After Apple-Picking."

在“摘完苹果“中有通向天堂的梯子“

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At the same time, he is saying that just by picking an acorn or taking an apple or maybe killing a buffalo on a certain amount of land, that makes it yours because it's your labor and your labor would enclose that land.

同时，洛克说只要在特地土地拾得橡果或摘下苹果,或杀一头水牛，你就拥有了这块土地,因为这是你的劳动，你通过劳动圈定了这块土地。

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And ten years later, I went apple picking with my kids.

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And so I went apple picking with my kids.

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None of this, however, will stop Apple from picking up sales from business users.

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