We usually hold a mirror up to it after it's happened.

我们通常在事件发生之后，为它竖起一面镜子。

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I hold a mirror up for you so that you might see your own Grace in those weak points in life.

我愿为你拿起一面镜子，让你看到你自己的恩典存在于你生命中那些脆弱的地方。

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But while you may grumble in the privacy of your armchair, the journalists who hold the mirror up to you do so publicly and at great risk to themselves.

但是当你私下在你的扶手椅中抱怨不断时，为你支撑起这面镜子的记者们却是在公开地这么做着，这也使他们处在了极大的危险中。

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Yesterday when I woke up, I looked in a mirror.

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He talks about how we can hold up a mirror to nature.

他谈到如何塑造一面能够反映自然的镜子。

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