它甚至可以阻止他们做一些愚蠢的事情。

It may even stop them from doing something stupid.

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有些人甚至欺骗了自己，直到生活中发生了一些事情——失业、空巢、一笔可以让他们自由支配时间的遗产——让他们开始审视自己的本性。

Some fool even themselves, until some life event—a layoff, an empty nest, an inheritance that frees them to spend time as they like—jolts them into taking stock of their true natures.

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另一件让人难以理解英式幽默的事情是，当我们说一些有趣的事情时，我们并不总是大笑甚至微笑。

Another thing that can make it difficult to understand British humor is that we don't always laugh or even smile when we say something funny.

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