We are constantly surrounded by noise, most of which is not audible to us unless we hold something like a seashell close to one of our ears.

我们经常被噪音包围，大多数噪音是听不见的，除非我们把海贝之类的东西靠近一只耳朵。

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Many of us have heard suggestions like these put forward by parents or others close to us.

我们中的很多人都听过父母或身边亲近的人提出的类似建议。

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Like appearance, we tend to form preferences for those who remind us of our parents (or others close to us through childhood) because of their personality, sense of humor, likes and dislikes, etc.

跟长相一样，我们对于那些性格能使我们联想到自己父母(或者是童年时期与我们亲近的其他一些人)的人们更容易形成偏好，像幽默感，个人喜好与厌恶，等等。

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In our affections, in our caring, who we like, who we feel close to, whose pain bothers us, we are not indiscriminate.

我们对他人的喜爱，对他人的关心，我们喜欢谁，与谁亲近，在乎谁的痛苦，并非一视同仁的。

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