Phil was now much more independent of his parents.

菲尔现在不大依赖他的父母了。

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It was important to me to be financially independent of my parents.

在经济上不依赖父母，这对我很重要。

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His speech serves as a powerful inspiration for parents who want to spur their children to be independent thinkers, as well as any of us stuck in a cube doing a job we may not be passionate about.

乔布斯的这番演讲令人深受启发，不仅对于那些希望鞭策子女养成独立思考习惯的父母来说是这样，对于任何一个在格子间里做着自己可能并不热爱的工作的人来说亦是如此。

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The executive said it was introducing the reforms after independent research found that 69% of parents had no involvement with their children's school even though many wanted to get involved.

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The commission calls on the Education Secretary, Michael Gove, to develop a system for admissions which allows parents "some independent recourse in terms of their relationship with an individual school, or each academy trust, acting as its own admissions authority".

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Some 92% of parents polled also said they wanted an independent body to ensure the standards were met.

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