The parents wanted to do the right thing by them; but their idea of the right thing was "the mechanized service of the kind which is rendered by an over-conscientious gasoline station attendant."

家长们本身也想做到最好；但他们自认为正确的事就像“一个过分尽职的加油站服务员所提供的一种和蔼的机械化的服务”一样。

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For Congress that means gasoline at the corner service station.

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