Though Didion’s opening lines (the fourth of which is “The question of self-pity”) were jotted down a day or two after Dunne’s death, she waited eight months before beginning to write.

尽管Didion的开头几句（第四句是：自怜的问题）在Dunne死后一两天就写好了，但她等了八个月之后才着手写这本书。

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He loved to learn. He was a self-taught lawyer who served for eight years as an Illinois state representative.

他喜欢学习，他自学成为一名律师，并担任了八年的伊利诺斯州的代表。

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Each of these eight functions represents a complete worldview or attitude about life, the self, the outer world the relationship between them.

这八个功能的每一个都代表着它们之间关于生命，自我，外部世界，人际关系等完整的世界观或者态度。

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He loved to learn.He was a self-taught lawyer who served for eight years as an Illinois state representative.

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Bhutto returned to the country after eight years in self-imposed exile ahead of January parliamentary elections.

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