Books are critical to freelancers -i had always heard this from my teachers in college, and now I know why they always emphasized it so much.

写书对自由作家来说很重要——以前我的大学老师总是这么说，现在我终于明白他们为什么如此强调这一点。

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My parents had tons of books, on music, on history, novels, in French, in German, in Italian: where are they?

我父母有大量的藏书，关于音乐，关于历史，小说。法语的，德语的，意大利语的：它们都去哪了？

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I want to make clear that the books I named were chosen with care because they are, in my view, the best tutorials for their respective languages.

我想说明一下，前面提到的那几本书都是着意挑选出来的，因为这几本书在我看来都是相应语言领域的最佳教程。

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And when my parents are spending time in New York, they bring Kylie Play-Doh, crayons and books.

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