我拿起我的任务，在浮力和希望。

I take up my task in buoyancy and hope.

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之后，我拿起我的吉他。

And then I pick up my guitar.

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我拿起我的大提琴，拧紧弓毛，再一次悠扬地奏起《夜色美丽》，颤音仍然颤抖如同不平衡的轮胎。

I picked up my cello, screw tight the hairs of the bow and soar once more into Belle Nuit, the vibrato still wobbling like an unbalanced tire.

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And I'll say "how are you" and you say something to the effect that if I could afford a latte in this world, I'm doing well.

我问您最近怎么样，您有一次,说了一句话，大致意思是，如果我能,享受得起一杯拿铁，那一切就还好。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

I sit in my field. I'm eating my carrot. I hold it up and I say, "This is raw? It's ridiculous. 'Raw' as opposed to what?" Right?

我坐在我的地上，我吃我的萝卜，我突然拿起它，说，这萝卜是生的吗，这简直荒谬，不是生的是什么，是吧？

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If I were to hold up two pieces of paper, there's a sense in which they are participating in "Twohood."

如果我拿起两张纸,便有这样一层含义,即,这两张纸分有了 二性

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