The life is hard for my father: my mother died years ago, and now his children are far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other.

我父亲的生活很艰难：我母亲多年前就去世了，现在他的孩子们远离家乡，我们自私的选择把我们从国家的一端带到另一端。

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His mother convinced that she had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure and lay down some rules.

他的母亲认为她必须做一些戏剧性的事情以防他过上失败的人生，她还制定了一些规则。

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His mother convinced that he had to do something dramatic to prevent him from leading a life of failure, and laid down some rules.

他的母亲认为他应该做一些激动人心的事情以防止他过上失败的人生，所以他的母亲制定了一些规则。

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