I look at the plate on my kitchen table, it's not perfectly round, it's got imperfections; but suddenly I start thinking about circles, perfectly round objects.

我看着我餐桌上的盘子，它不是正圆的，它不完美，但是我马上就可以想到圆圈，正圆的东西。

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Unlike most teenagers, I lived not in my room, but in an unused kitchen upstairs where I sprawled my books and papers on a large round table.

和大多数十几岁的孩子不一样的是，我并不住在卧室，而是住在楼上一个空厨房里。

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I look at the plate on my kitchen table, it's not perfectly round, it's got imperfections; but suddenly I start thinking about circles, perfectly round objects.

我看着我餐桌上的盘子,它不是正圆的,它不完美,但是我马上就可以想到圆圈,正圆的东西

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The picture of a mother working with her children round the kitchen table does not do justice to the idea, he says.

ECONOMIST: Alternative education (1)