有一位教我们时间很短的家庭老师，这样的行为就是他最得意的消遣。

We had for a short time a tutor of whom this was a pet diversion.

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这也就是为什么派克先生根本就不听我们解释的原因。 因为这是他的工作——永远站在老师一边。

This would almost explain why the principal wouldn't even listen to what I said, because it was his job to always side with the teachers.

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“上学时，老师教我们的最重要内容就是什么事不可以做，”他说，“但在现实生活中，我们得到的教训就是如何避免遇到麻烦，并在社会上生存下去。”

“In training, the most important lesson they teach you is when not to do something,” he said. “But in real life, it's all about staying out of trouble and surviving.

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