I had a little laugh to myself.

我暗自笑了笑。

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I always used to laugh to myself when I heard people say that we need to take care of ourselves in order to be able to take care of others.

我听到一些人说要照顾好我们自己，这样我们才有能力去照顾好别人。不知道为什么，当我听到这句话的时候，我经常笑我自己。

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I always laugh to myself when new graduate students think they know what they want to work on and what they will write about for their dissertations.

当刚入学的研究生说他们知道自己希望研究的课题或毕业论文要写的内容时，我总是暗自发笑。

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"They have all forgotten, " I said, and began to laugh myself.

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