I confess to enjoying the awed looks on people \ 's faces when I rattle off this list, but I feel a little guilty.

我得承认，每当说出这一溜儿长长的语种名单时，人们脸上那种羡慕的表情总是让我很得意，但又有点心虚。

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Why didn't he come clean? Of course, they took "The Purloined Ribbon" to be his sort of allegorical way of suggesting that he couldn't possibly confess because nobody can confess, there's no human subjectivity, etc., etc., etc.

为什么不全盘招供，当然，人们把他写的“偷窃的缎带“当成他用一种讽喻的方式,来暗示说他不可能承认,因为没有人能承认，人类主观性的缺失，等等等等。

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We have to confess that it's more than that.

我们得承认这段话不是盲目的乐观。

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