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Advice to Youth, About 1882Mark TwainBeing told I would be expected to talk here, I inquired what sort of talk I ought to make. They said it should be something suitable to youth-something didactic, instructive, or something in the nature of good advice. Very well. I have a few things in my mind which I have often longed to say for the instruction of the young; for it is in one's tender early years that such things will best take root and be most enduring and most valuable. First, then. I will say to you my young friends—and I say it beseechingly1, urgingly—Always obey your parents, when they are present. This is the best policy in the long run, because if you don't, they will make you. Most parents think they know better than you do, and you can generally make more by humoring that superstition2 than you can by acting3 on your own better judgment4.
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adv. 恳求地 | |
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superstition
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n.迷信,迷信行为 | |
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acting
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n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的 | |
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judgment
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n.审判;判断力,识别力,看法,意见 | |
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intentional
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adj.故意的,有意(识)的 | |
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offense
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n.犯规,违法行为;冒犯,得罪 | |
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frankly
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adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说 | |
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kindliness
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n.厚道,亲切,友好的行为 | |
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dynamite
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lark
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n.云雀,百灵鸟;n.嬉戏,玩笑;vi.嬉戏 | |
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permanently
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adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地 | |
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temperate
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adj.温和的,温带的,自我克制的,不过分的 | |
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elegance
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n.优雅;优美,雅致;精致,巧妙 | |
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accomplishment
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n.完成,成就,(pl.)造诣,技能 | |
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graceful
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adj.优美的,优雅的;得体的 | |
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painstaking
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adj.苦干的;艰苦的,费力的,刻苦的 | |
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eminence
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n.卓越,显赫;高地,高处;名家 | |
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maxim
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n.格言,箴言 | |
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mighty
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adj.强有力的;巨大的 | |
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majestic
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adj.雄伟的,壮丽的,庄严的,威严的,崇高的 | |
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immortal
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adj.不朽的;永生的,不死的;神的 | |
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hardy
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adj.勇敢的,果断的,吃苦的;耐寒的 | |
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outlast
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preposterous
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adj.荒谬的,可笑的 | |
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slander
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battered
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adj.磨损的;v.连续猛击;磨损 | |
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rusty
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adj.生锈的;锈色的;荒废了的 | |
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pointed
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adj.尖的,直截了当的 | |
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meddle
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v.干预,干涉,插手 | |
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musket
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n.滑膛枪 | |
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muskets
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n.火枪,(尤指)滑膛枪( musket的名词复数 ) | |
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shudder
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v.战粟,震动,剧烈地摇晃;n.战粟,抖动 | |
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painstakingly
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adv. 费力地 苦心地 | |
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precepts
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n.规诫,戒律,箴言( precept的名词复数 ) | |
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