That was a very good day in my life, because no one in my family would ever have to live on the streets like I did as a young boy when running away from that abusive Florida orphanage.

那是我生命中极其美好的一天，因为从此以后，我的家人决不会像童年的我那样住在大街上了——小时候，我逃离那个我备受虐待的佛罗里达孤儿院后，就住在大街上。

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When I was a boy I listened to my parents because what better example can you get than your parents?

在我小时候，我听我父母的话，这是因为，难道一个人还能拥有比自己的父母更好的榜样吗？

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And from what I heard, Joseph contributed much to his deterioration, by a narrow-minded partiality which prompted him to flatter and pet him, as a boy, because he was the head of the old family.

据我所听到的，他之所以变坏，约瑟夫出力不少，出于一种狭隘的偏爱，约瑟夫在他还是小孩的时候就捧他，娇惯他，因为他是这古老家庭的主人。

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And Jeff, I was going to ask you about this first because you're a former Boy Scout.

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It never occurred to me until later in life what an odd way it was for a boy to spend Saturday mornings, maybe because I enjoyed it so much.

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Now, this did little to console the boy who was crushed, because, after all, what was I going to do with a rubber ball?

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