Some folks say to them in response, "but you know what, you, in your father's generation and mother's generation were at the table when this was drafted."

西方国家的一些人则回应说，“可是，你知道吗，你的父辈们是和我们坐在同一张桌子上,起草这个人权法的“

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We have a habit in this society to think that individual rights, when they drafted the Bill of Rights, was just laid down for us and it's just traveled through time and here they are.

在这个社会中我们习惯于思考人权问题,创始人们起草了《权利法案》,这份草案被我们所珍藏的,历尽世事变迁仍在这里

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