Maria said she had brought something special for papa and mamma, something they would be sure to like, and she began to look for her plumcake.

玛丽娅说她给爸爸、妈妈带来了一样特别的东西，一样他们肯定会喜欢的东西，然后她开始寻找她的葡萄干蛋糕。

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TV is not necessarily toxic, but is something that has to be done in moderation; something that balances the other needs of the child for healthy development.

看电视不一定是有害的，但必须适度，要平衡孩子的其他需求，让孩子健康成长。

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ALWAYS be busy with something, even if for some reason you have to make something up.

总是让自己处于忙碌中，即使你不得不编造一些理由。

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"This is something any man would be glad to do for him it is an emergency.

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Yeats, in "Adam's Curse," regrets that the beautiful is something to be labored for and he wants to conceal that labor.

他在亚当的诅咒中后悔地称,这种美值得为之劳累,他想隐藏这种劳累。

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How ready can we be for this kind of endeavor, or is this something that really has to come at its own pace?

我们在超我之物降临时会准备好么,还是说我们对于这种灵感的来临毫无控制？

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Too often, the ability to work flexibly is a perk, an extra, something for high fliers that has to be earned, or something that's on the books, but only approved in special cases.

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And when we started the initiative, we knew that there was a need for change and a need for innovation and a need for people to have a different choice, for consumers to be able to buy something a bit different and is offering them different options and offering a platform for innovation.

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Audiences remarked on the poignancy of his struggling youths, who seem always to be searching for something to value in an America defined largely by class.

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