Our family purchased the infamous black stool because my brother told my parents that he must have an electric piano. And he needed something to sit on while he played.

我们家买下这个声名狼籍的的黑凳子是因为我哥哥跟我父母说他必须拥有一台电钢琴，并且他弹钢琴时需要坐的东西。

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My aunt and I decided to buy a new electric refrigerator with the money I had sent her from California; it was to be the first one in the family.

我阿姨和我决定用我在加州给她寄的钱,买一个新的电冰箱;,家里的第一个电冰箱。

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I've just revealed that my family has decided to shut the air-conditioner off, and trim our electric bill.

我才刚刚跟他说了我家人决定要关掉空调，节省电费开支。

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And I would suggest to you that the consumption of home is driven by a certain kind of desire as well, that desire to move up in the American class structure: "the first electric refrigerator in my family."

而我的看法是对家的消耗,也是由一种特定的渴望驱动的，这种渴望上升到美国的阶级结构：,“我们家的第一台电冰箱“

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