I know that he has tried hard; be that as it may, his work is just not good enough.

我知道他已经尽力了，尽管如此，他的工作仍不太理想。

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It's just like the photograph, perhaps the not very good photograph, that reminds me of my friend Ruth.

就像那张照片，可能拍得不是很好，让我回想起了我的朋友露丝。

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I want to prove that I can teach myself a respectful profession, without going to college, and be just as good as, if not better than, my competitors.

我想证明，就算不去读大学，我也可以自学一门受人尊敬的专业，即使不会超过我的竞争对手，但也能做到和他们一样优秀。

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"I can do things that are good for me,you know, not just try to exist hand-to-mouth or in survival mode,you know?

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It's just like the photograph, perhaps the not very good photograph, that reminds me of my friend Ruth.All right.

就像照片一样,或许拍的不好,但是它能让我回想起我的朋友露丝

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I realized that I would just cry all of the time and I was not going to be a very good counselor,

我意识到我会时常哭泣，而且不会成为一名优秀的心理辅导员。

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But you also have to say that the Egyptian security in many parts of the Sinai is just not that good.

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That's not just good, by the way, for the housing industry, that's good for all businesses, because it means consumers are going to be out there with a little extra money in their pockets.

WHITEHOUSE: Signing Export-Import Bank Reauthorization

This does not mean that authoritarianism is good it just means that McFaul and Stoner-Weiss are clearly wrong to suggest that democratic systems automatically perform better than authoritarian systems.

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