Today, most people in Western cultures expect to eat meals with their own set of silverware, their own plates, and their own glasses.

今天，西方文化中大多数人希望用自己的一套银器、盘子和杯子吃饭。

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Many "Western" families do not set firm limits, have clear expectations, and are afraid to make their children do things they don't really feel like doing.

许多“西方”家庭对孩子不设置坚定的界限，不怀有清晰的期望，并且害怕让孩子做那些他们不真正喜欢做的事。

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“It's a real problem,” says the manager of a Western chemicals firm in Shanghai. “You set strict rules for what goes on in the factory.

“这是个真实存在的问题”，在上海的一家西方化学公司的经理说，“工厂里制定了严格的制度。

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Clinton,who is set to visit Haiti on Thursday, said that despite its status as the Western Hemisphere's poorest country, it has made progress in democratic governance since elections in 2006 and stands to take another step forward with elections for a new senate on Sunday.

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Synge's play, The Playboy of the Western World it was set in the Aran Islands, in Western Ireland.

辛格的剧，《西方世界的花花公子》,它是在西爱尔兰的伊朗岛。

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