At home he would salve, if not close, the ugly racial wound left by America’s history and lessen the tendency of American blacks to blame all their problems on racism.

在他的家乡即使不能够根除美国历史造成的种族主义伤害，奥巴马也可以一定程度的安抚创伤并且减缓美国黑人将所有问题归咎于种族主义的趋势。

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At home he would salve, if not close, the ugly racial wound left by America's history and lessen the tendency of American blacks to blame all their problems on racism.

在国内，即使无法治愈，至少他也会治疗到美国历史遗留下来的丑恶的种族伤痕，让美国黑人不再习惯地把自己的问题归咎于种族之上。

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After all, by continuing to pile riches on the narrow winners, the taxpayers are not getting the maximum bang for their buck if the close losers are performing just as well or even better.

毕竟，如果在惜败者表现不输甚至优于险胜者的情况下，继续把财富堆在险胜者身上，纳税人并不会得到最大的回报。

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If we're doing close readings we might go into that for twenty minutes, but we're not.

要是进行仔细的阅读比较,我们可能要花上二十分钟,但我们不这样做

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For some others it might mean being basically restricted to the home, if not all the time, then the only exception being in public, in the company of a close-male relative as chaperon.

在一些别的地方可能意味着,基本上深居简出，即使不是一天到晚，也只有外出是例外，而且必须有一个男性近亲作监护人陪同。

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Another part of me is scared that more people will die, even if they are not close to me.

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Also, even if you're not close to where the eye of the storm reaches land, they could be pretty large, too.

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