(What do you do?) And according to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.

（你做什么工作？）你对这个问题的答案，将决定对方接下来的反应。对方可能表示深感荣幸认识你，或是开始看表，然后想个借口离开。

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This man has to make excuses to their friends and neighbors about where his husband is and why he’s been gone so long.

这个男人需要向他的朋友们邻居们解释，他的丈夫在哪里，为什么他这么久都不回来。

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People are much better off to apologize and take responsibility for their actions than try and make excuses or deny they've made a mistake.

那些为自己行为道歉并且承担责任的人比那些试着找借口或者否认他们犯过错的人强多了。

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Still, Alonso and Ferrari make no excuses for their plan.

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That's no doubt true, but it is tautological to observe that "Democratic partisans" are partisan and nearly so to point out that "fervent Obama admirers" are more than willing to make excuses for their man.

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In addition to facilitating change, this tolerance helps people take responsibility for their actions, rather than make excuses.

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