First of all, let me ask you something.

首先，让我问你一件事。

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Maybe something useful will come of Clinton's idea, but I'm not all that hopeful.

也许克林顿的想法会带来一些有用的东西，但我并不抱太大希望。

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Herbal "tea" is something of a misnomer because these drinks contain no tea at all.

花草“茶”是个误称，因为这类饮料里根本不含茶。

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"I try to make works of art out of something everybody uses all day: dollar bills and quarters and credit cards.

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I think that's really something that happens to a lot of students in all different ways, really coming to grips with.

我想，这也正是现在,很多同学遇到的问题，也都在尽力解决这种事。

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Notice something about all of those figures: Shakespeare is preoccupied with figures who may or may not be crazy.

看一下这些人物：,莎士比亚专注于疯了或者没疯的人物。

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And I might add, I think it's a huge thing, and I think there is a hunger in America today, for us to have a sense of national community, to be involved in something that all of us can be proud of.

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Keys to the firm's success in standing out include dividends from heavy information technology spending that has improved logistics enough to allow the firm to lower prices, and a diverse lineup of jeans and knits that offers something to teens of all shapes and sizes.

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Please learn something from all of this - don't destroy your coastlines and your countryside with these monstrous turbines.

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