The irony is that society has conditioned us to be afraid of each other—to set up boundaries between ourselves and others.

然而，讽刺的是，社会却教导我们提防害怕对方------我们彼此之间竖立起了一座座围墙。

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To resolve the dissonance between the hoops you were forced to jump through, and the realityof what turns out to be a pretty average club, we convince ourselves the club is, in fact, fantastic.

要解决在你被迫（为了参加俱乐部）要做出的艰苦努力，和那是一个很普通的俱乐部这一现实的失调，我们说服了自己这个俱乐部实际上很棒的。 。

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We asked ourselves: What if we could envision the resilience infrastructure for Lower Manhattan in a way that wouldn't be like a wall between the city and the water?

我们不禁会问自己：如果我们能有办法预测到曼哈顿下城基础设施的恢复能力，而不像城市与水之间的墙一样，我们会做些什么呢？

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If the salary differentials between ourselves and consultants suddenly increase even further, there will be ineluctable and dire consequences for recruitment to general practice.

BBC: GPs demand large pay rise

"If you look at the water shortages in 2005 and think what it will be like in 15 years, when there will be another 1.1 million households in the South East, we clearly can't sit around arguing between ourselves, " she added.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Water watchdog's supply concerns