Growing up, I never perceived a contradiction between my classic New England American upbringing and the things that made me glaringly different from the other kids at school.

多年来，我从未意识到自己的传统新英格兰美国家庭教育和使得自己在学校显得与众不同之间的矛盾。

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I had been much influenced by the more philsophical American Transcendentalists as a teenager, and had taken my first look at Kant during high school.

长大的时候，我受美国的超验主义作者们的影响很深，高中的时候我已经读一点康德了。

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I teach during the week at the American School in London.

平时我在伦敦的一所美国学校教书。

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So in high school, I played American football at Exeter.

高中的时候，我在埃克塞特(英格兰西南部的一个城市) 玩美式橄榄球。

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