来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：有关食物的心理学、生物学和政治学 第20集 第20集》

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  things like that they called them all snack.
  他们把这类东西叫做零食
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  My daughter of course came home
  当然我的女儿回家
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  and wanted fifty cents every day to buy this snack,
  每天希望我给她五十美分来买零食
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  and I was really troubled by this,
  我对此感到非常不快
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  because I really didn't want her to be buying snack,
  因为我的确不愿意让她买这些零食
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  but then I was worried about upsetting her.
  但我又怕这样会使她失望
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  We ended up negotiating
  我们最终协商
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  and she was allowed to buy snack on Fridays,
  我只允许她周五买一些零食
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  but I was really uncomfortable.
  但我感到非常不安
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  I wanted to go to the school but I thought,
  我想去学校但转而又想
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  gosh she's only been at school for a week,
  她才上学一周
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  I should probably not go marching in there right away.
  我大概不应该这么早去学校