We live with a value system that I call the Extrovert Ideal—the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, and comfortable in the spotlight.

我们生活在一个我称之为“外向理想型”的价值体系中——一个无处不在的信念，即理想的自我是善于交际的，在聚光灯下感到舒适的。

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The actual self is the result of the conflicts between the ideal self and the ought self.

现实自我是社会自我和理想自我冲突的结果。

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The two selves in you, the ideal self and the real self, will not be there to fight any more.

两个你，一个理想中的，一个真实的，他们不会再抗争对立了。

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Because it implements the moral ideal of self-sacrifice to the needy.

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Advancing the ideal of democracy and self-government is the mission that created our nation and now it is the calling of a new generation of Americans.

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The ideal candidate would be a self-made billionaire who voted for Obama (and who may still like the man) but is now appalled at Obamanomics and willing to say so.

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