When she came of age he wished that she was provided for and well married. He thought, "If a respectable suitor comes and asks for her hand in marriage, I will give her to him."

随着女儿长大，做父亲的心里开始想：“如果有一个能让我满意的人来娶她作妻子，我就把她嫁给他，这样让她也有一个好的归宿。”

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She wanted to draw close to him and whisper against his cheek-she did not care what-as she might have done if she had not been a respectable woman.

她想靠近一点，然后靠着他的脸颊低声耳语——她并不在意——并不在意她现在期许的与一位值得尊敬的女性应该做的不相符合。

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As entomologist Gene DeFoliart, at UW-Madison, says: "If insects become more widely accepted as a respectable food item in the industrialised countries, the implications are obvious."

正如威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的昆虫学家吉尼·德福利亚特(Gene DeFoliart)所说：“如果昆虫在工业化国家作为一种体面的食物而得到广泛接受的话，其影响是显而易见的。”

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And if it's a poet that you want to be, to what extent can the writing of poetry be considered respectable work?"

如果你想要成为一位诗人，写诗到底是什么,体面地工作呢？“

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