Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

美国人崇拜我，并将继续崇拜我，直到我说他们的好话。

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If you find it hard to start a talk, you can say something nice about people around you.

如果你发现很难开口，你可以对你周围的人说些好话。

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If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all.

假如你不会说什么好听的话，就干脆别说。

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But this does not say something nice about a person.

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