And the lousy idea of 'writing a book' turned out to be the motivation with which I forced myself to make a decision and turned organizing thoughts from a mere thought to pressure and obligation.

而我出的‘写一本书’的馊点子，实际上是一个动力，我顺水推舟地逼迫自己作出了决定，让整理思想不再是一个想法，而是一种压力，一种责任。

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To redeem myself I finally gave a few notes to a bent old lady who cried her thanks to me while I turned and walked away.

为了让我自己好受些我给了一个鞠躬的老妇人一点钱，在我转身离开的时候她大声的说着谢谢。

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Ashamed, I turned off the television and cried myself to sleep.

羞愧难忍，我关了电视，自己哭着哭着睡着了。

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I just turned it on literally this morning to start playing and I'm on myself a couple of email lists, one of which had an email this morning saying, "Hey, has anyone tried this, it really kind of sucks."

今天早上我就碰到这样的情况了,我收到了两份邮件单，其中一份有一封邮件说，嗨，有人用过这个了吗，真是糟透了“

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