My parents have always convinced me to challenge myself, for which I'm really grateful.

我的父母一直说服我去挑战自己，对此我非常感激。

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I really want to challenge myself.

我真的很想挑战一下自己。

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I want to try and challenge myself beyond what I've done before.

我愿意尝试挑战自我，超越自我。

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And for me it's fun because I may not know the novel that you end up picking, and so it is a kind of challenge for me to take a novel that you've chosen and come to grips with it myself It may be one that I know.

我也觉得很好玩,因为我可能不知道你们最后选择的小说，所以对我来说,认真对待你们选的一本书很有挑战性,可能是一本我知道的书。

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