来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：现代社会理论基础 第5集 第5集》

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  There is a social contract in the family,
  家庭中也存在社会契约
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  and in fact when you grow up-- when you are not a small child anymore--
  当你慢慢长大 不再是小孩子的时候
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  then you will realize how much of a contract it is.
  你就会意识到家庭中契约的存在
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  Eventually--I hope there is nobody in this room,
  我希望在座没有人会这样做
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  but I suspect there are probably a very
  但是我觉得还是会有少部分人
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  few who at one point thought enough was enough;
  会在某些时候认为我受够了
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  you know, my mother and father is really a pain,
  我的父母真是个大麻烦
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  and therefore I don't want to do much with them--
  我不想再理他们了
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  will break the contract, right?
  这就会打破家庭中的契约
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  It does happen to some people in their life.
  有些人的确会遇到这种状况
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  As a father, I hope it would never happen,
  作为一个父亲我不希望出现这样的事情
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  but unfortunately it occasionally does.
  但是它的确时有发生