Over the past few decades the societal expectations from forests have changed fundamentally.

在过去几十年中，社会对森林的期望已经发生了根本性转变。

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Friedman was the good girl who defied these societal expectations, got wilfully lost and discovered that it is possible to live in the moment, not for the past or future.

弗里德曼是个反抗社会期望的好女孩儿，睿智地迷失，并又找寻到生活的真谛，不为过去，不为将来，只为当下。

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Nevertheless, certain aspects of what has served NSFC well from its inception must be modified to adapt to new scientific and societal expectations.

建议某些在国家自然科学基金委员会(NSFC)成立之初曾经不错的方面现在必须修改，以适应新的科学和社会期望。

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I guess there are kind of, you know, different cultural norms in different societal expectations

我觉得有好几个，比如不同的文化准则，不同的社会价值观

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If this is true, it has to do with the fact that although stereotypical gender roles for women have changed, with more men staying home to raise the kids as mom brings home the bacon and father cooks it, societal expectations for mothers remain rooted firmly in the traditional.

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