“我宁愿像托马斯那样热爱土地，或者大海……”爸爸拍拍他的手。

"I'd rather love the land, like Thomas, or the sea…" Pa patted his hand.

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他和蔼地低头看着他们，拍拍他们的头。

He looked kindly down on them and patted both their heads.

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“好吧，好吧，”獾子班杰边说边拍拍他的肩膀，“你要知道，这是你第一次见到他们。”

"Well, well," said the Badger, patting him on the shoulder, "it was your first experience of them, you see."

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He doesn't literally mean even that when we talk to ourselves somebody pats us on the head " and says, "Good man. Perfect. I'm very proud."

他更不是在说,当我们自言自语时,会有人拍拍我们的头,说“做的好，非常棒，我为你自豪“

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