It is likely that an Italian with a working facility in English would have been hired, but my friend did not look an Italian.

一个带着英文的工作设备的意大利人有可能被雇佣，但是，我的朋友看起来不像意大利人。

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"Just because I have a business relationship with an individual and I can profit from that relationship, but it does not necessarily mean that this person is my friend, " Soupios says.

索皮奥斯说：“仅仅因为某个人和我互为商业伙伴，且我可以从伙伴关系中获利，并不一定意味着这个人就是我的朋友。”

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It is likely that an Italian with a working facility in English would have been hired, but my friend did not look Italian.

如果一个意大利人带着教英文的设备就有可能被雇佣，可是我的朋友看起来不像是一个意大利人。

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In both cases, this becomes part of their self-identity. That's an essential part as my good friend, Linda Colley, who used to teach here and sadly is not here anymore.

在这两个国家中,这点是他们身份认同感中很重要的一部分,如同我的好朋友,琳达·科里,她以前是这里的老师,很遗憾现在不在耶鲁了

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The answer is that my friend and several hundred others may not have been fired.

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And basically, that's when I started feeling like, you know, video is not going to be my friend if I can't do what I want to do with it and I can't explore it in my own way.

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