When the father identified himself, the stranger told him, "no, I'm not your son."

父亲说明了目的后，陌生人回答道，“不，我不是你儿子。”

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The teacher replied, "My dear sister, I tried my best to leach him, but your son did not want to lean the tricks and strategies of survival."

老师回答说：“好姐姐，我已经尽力了，可你儿子不愿学习生存的技巧和策略。”

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Your son is good at tennis, but not very good at hockey.

你儿子网球打得很好，但是曲棍球就不行。

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Oh, Son. Did you not ever go on your knees and pray for deliverance from all your sins and scoundrel's acts? Lost boy, depart.

噢，儿子！你怎么不跪下，为了对你的所有,罪恶和卑鄙行为的判决而祈祷，迷失的孩子，走吧。

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He wrote once that, "The chief thing is to know your duties and our edicts by heart and not put off things until tomorrow, like his son did.

他曾经这样写道,"最要紧的事就是牢记我们的职责和法令,并且不把今天能做的事拖延到明天去做",他儿子就是这么拖沓的

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It's very hard to speak all those nice words when you are not sure that your son or daughter going to a Pizza Hut isn't coming back.

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But that may not be a good option if only your son wants to keep the family beach house or only your daughter wants to run the family business.

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First off, most definitely your son's condition is not the "new normal, " although sadly rates of depression have been rising in young people worldwide.

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