And,being one of the older skaters at 27, it feels good to be here still competing hard and representing the U.S.

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Because it's hard when you go back being part of any group. Once you are in that group, and away from other people, it's very hard to remember We've talked that -Oh, have you?

因为如果你回到原来的群体中,就会变得难了，因为你只要一呆在那个群体中，远离其他人，就很难,我们聊过这个，-是吗？

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So, I think it's this balance between working very hard and being involved in the greater community, I would say.

所以，一方面要努力学习，一方面要参与大型社会活动，我想，他们需要把握好平衡。

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And after the last nine months, you know I wasn't kidding. (Laughter.) I wasn't kidding about it being hard.

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The reason is not theoretical (it being hard to understand why the one unelected branch should be supreme over the other two) but practical.

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Even the choice of the positive feeling word nurture (the act of promoting development of the individual) is stated from a point of view of it being hard work rather than being something done naturally for its intrinsic value.

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