You want to know where you came from, who your parents, who your forefathers were.

你想知道你来自哪里，谁你的父母，谁是你的祖先。

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Looking starkly at who your parents are and what you really have to ask and say to them is the beginning of "reconnecting the dots."

审视一下，自己的父母到底是什么样的人，有哪些问题是你非问不可、非谈不可的。这便是你认识自己的开端。

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For parents who send their kids off to college saying, "These will be the best years of your life," it would be very appropriate to add, "If you can handle the stress of college life."

那些把孩子送进大学的父母说，“这将是你生命中最美好的时光”，再加上一句“如果你能应对大学生活的压力的话”会更加合适。

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And that may generalize again and it keeps going until you either get back to Adam and Eve, I guess. I don't think they were born in the US as far as I know, or you find somebody who satisfies that definition or you find that none of your parents actually are in that category.

降低到我的父亲或者母亲,是不是天生的美国公民呢,这个问题可以继续向下分解,你甚至可以追溯到亚当和夏娃的时候,据我所知它们并不是出生在美国的,或者你要么找到一个符合定义的人,要么发现你的父母都不满足条件。

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It doesn't make any difference who your parents were.

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Fortunately, your parents, who had become so accustomed to guiding you through the myriad decisions you had to make to get into this place, have been able to stay in constant smartphone contact.

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