And I am a laughing stock in my own town!

而我成为了我自己城镇的笑柄！

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"I'm a hostage in my own town," he complains.

“我是这个城市的人质。”他抱怨说。

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In my own town we have a big costume party every year at my favorite local pub, and every year more Chinese are getting involved.

每年在我寓居的城镇里，咱们每年都会在一家我常常光临的酒吧举行大型化装舞会，而加入人数也是逐年增添。

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The link between family size and social standing is a subject close to my heart and goes back to my own childhood in Karakore, a small town in Ethiopia, where I grew up the eldest of seven children.

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Growing up on the South Side of Chicago -- (applause) -- a lot of South Siders, a lot of Chicagoans -- Chi-town, yes -- but I watched my own father make that same uncomplaining journey every day to his job at the city water plant.

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