If you do someone a good turn today, don't expect a thank you.

如果你今天帮了别人一个忙，别期待他会说一句“谢谢你”。

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You can know yourself to be kind, but unless you do someone a kindness, you have nothing but an idea aboutyourself.

你可以知道你自己是善良的，但除非你向另一个人做了善事，你只是对你自己有这样一个观念而已。

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However, people are willing to go out of their way or bend the rules a little if they feel they can do someone a favor.

不过，如果人们觉得自己能够帮上别人的忙，他们也乐意稍微通融一下。

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That means you can give someone advice but you cannot force him to do something he does not want to do.

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What they do is kind of unique, in comparison to when you think of someone who is a traditional scholar of Islam someone who would run a mosque for example.

与其他相比，这个项目的特别之处在于,当你想到一个传统意义上的穆斯林学者时,你会想到一个主持清真寺的人。

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That's funny. I mean, that's really cool. If someone is witty enough to do that, then it's awesome.

这确实很好笑，真的很酷！如果有人真的够诙谐能做出那种事，真的很棒！

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These are reasonably cheap, often generic, pharmaceuticals that, although they do not cure someone, do lower the level of the virus in his body to the extent that he suffers no symptoms.

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Prompting someone to do something that is too difficult for them is very frustrating and nudging someone to do something that they are not motivated to do is just annoying.

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