He earned a little by serving as a model to those young artists in the colony who could not pay the price of a professional. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming masterpiece.

他替“艺术区”里那些雇不起职业模特儿的青年艺术家充当模特儿，挣几个小钱，他喝杜松子酒总是过量，老是唠唠叨叨地谈着他未来的杰作。

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Father: no one knows the man he might become as he loses his self respect? But I think that's too high a price to pay even for love. I want Armand to enjoy life not to be sacrificed to it.

父亲：没有一个人知道失去了自尊会怎么做，我认为即使是为了爱情，那代价也太高了，我希望阿芒能充分享受人生，而不是做生活的祭品。

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What he does dispute is that there were enough people at UBS who knew what he was doing that he should not have to pay a price for his misdeed (aka prison).

FORBES: Missing At UBS Rogue Trader Trial, UBS Accountability