许多那什维尔居民并没有考虑到洪灾危险，而为自己提供保护措施。

Many Nashville residents had never considered protecting themselves against the risks of flooding.

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孩子们，尤其是女孩儿，因为不得不将他人推到一边而为自己赢得座位，心里受到了创伤。

The children, especially the girls, were traumatized by having to push aside others to gain a seat for themselves.

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报告说到，一些公司通过宣称自己的产品只是一种棕榈油的副产品而为自己找借口-而油正加速被认证。

Some companies, it says, excuse themselves by claiming their product is simply a by-product of palm oil production - and oil is increasingly being certified.

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But I am a novelist, not a critic, and I can excuse myself from explication de texte on that ground.

但我是个小说家，不是批评家，对于我以此为根据而说明,我可以为自己找借口。

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I wish I had pleasured myself rather than serving that wicked God."

我希望我让自己开心而不是为邪恶的上帝服务“

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Because I think that's actually the most satisfying life for us to live, personally, to feel that we are really making a difference somehow and we are not living just for ourselves.

我个人认为,最完满的生活，是那种，你能够感受到真正发挥了作用的生活,而不是完全地为自己而活。

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