嗨，莎拉。嗯，恐怕说来话长了。

Hi, Sarah. Well, it's a bit of a long story I'm afraid.

youdao

它有什么特别之处？这就说来话长了。

What's special about it? It's a long story.

youdao

它保护着我说来话长了。

It protects me. Long story.

youdao

Yeah it goes back to a long time in my life, but most immediately to my own graduate career, which I went to several different schools.

这说来话长了，就近而言，这跟我所任职的研究生院有关，我在不同的大学任职。

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