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Gucci: To be honest, I like all of them, except for the math teacher.

古奇：说实话，除了数学老师，其他的老师我都喜欢。

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Not really knowing what a Bush fan is, but wanting to be liked by the teacher, all the kids raise their hands except one boy — Johnny.

孩子们并不知道到底什么叫“布什的支持者”，可为了讨老师喜欢，所有的孩子都举起了小手，只除了一个男孩——约翰尼。

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The women are of the era when the only serious career offering was a husband and children, and in the novel all of them marry, except for a grammar-school teacher who is unable to find the right man and another woman who ends up a bit of a floozy.

WSJ: The Old Bunch | Meyer Levin | Destiny's Children | Masterpiece by Joseph Epstein