我不喜欢被拒绝，但是我抱的期望低，而我的耐心足够高(还有，我的目标是生前发表，而我年轻而且健康)。

I didn't love being rejected, but my expectations were low and my patience was high. Again - the goal was to get published before death.

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我想也许有许多可以让我们抱以此态度的理由：新西兰的失业率非常低，确切地说是3.9%；而且尽管我们已处于经济衰退且银行借贷情况已有所紧缩，但到目前为止并没有大量工作机会损失的情况发生。

Unemployment is very low in New Zealand - 3.9% in fact - and even though we are in recession and lending by Banks has tightened there haven't been massive job losses yet.

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