So what makes him feel close to home, in a way, has to make him feel close to the religion he's trying to reject.

所以，要想让一个人对亲近家，在某种意义上，先得让他亲近他试图抗拒的宗教。

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Well, I'm from that area so I wanted to stay close to home.

嗯，我就是这里的人，所以想离家近一点。

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So, the parody is of something very close to home. And this poem that I've given you will come back on page 134. You don't have to turn to that now, but you should think about that return.

所以拙劣的模仿说得有点太露骨了,下面我要讲的诗在134页，你们现在不需要翻到那页,但你们得思考那个回答。

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Now as you can imagine,this is very close to home for me.

可以想到，这离我们的意愿不远了。

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