France, however, turned a deaf ear to what Thiers flattered himself to be a parliamentary siren's song.

然而，法国对于梯也尔在议会上发表的自以为象海妖的歌声一样迷人的言辞置若罔闻。

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After borrowing $120 from her dad to buy the Sittercity.com domain name, Thiers kept her overhead low by doing much of the dirty work herself.

蒂埃尔先从父亲那儿借来120美元买下了Sittercity.com这个域名，然后又通过自己多做脏活儿、累活儿来降低开销。

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To recruit sitters, Ms. Thiers distributed fliers at dorms in Boston, where she then lived.

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Ms. Thiers had what she thought was a great idea: a website that would link mothers with baby sitters in their area.

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"It was a weird dichotomy, to have one half say no and the other half say yes, but it never occurred to me to listen to the investors, " says Ms. Thiers, now 35.

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