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why can’t you be?为什么你们不能呢?

Written by athada : April 1, 2008 : 2008年4月1日

it doesn’t seem like such a gap它似乎并不喜欢这样的差距
between you and me之间的你和我
just the mere span of this executive desk刚才仅仅是这个大跨度的行政办公桌
these religious symbols and verses这些宗教象征和诗
these khakis这些卡其,这个话题经久不衰
this gainful and sufficient employment这有报酬的和足够的就业
this swivel chair and computer and phone and fax这转椅和计算机及电话和传真

it doesn’t have to be这并不一定要

please
stop smoking停止吸烟
stop drinking停止饮用
stop stripping停止剥离
stop hitting your girlfriend停止打你的女朋友
learn English学习英语
kill your TV杀死你的电视
please, save $20 this month请,节省20元,这一个月
for god’s sake, please put your kid in school为上帝的起见,请把你的孩子在学校
and then “hello, how was your day?” when he gets home然后“您好,您是如何天? ”当他回家

stop mooching停止mooching
stop pleading停止恳求
stop lying停止说谎
stop treating me like a white god of trinkets停止治疗,我就像一个白色的上帝饰品
I am not your genie我不是你的精灵
please stop with the broken English请停止与破碎的英语
stop with the ignorance停止与无知
stop with the lottery and polar pops and cigarettes停止与彩票和极地持久性有机污染物和香烟
you are killing yourself你是杀害自己
you are sucking me dry你是吸吮我干
please

maybe if you had learned to read也许如果你学会了阅读
if your mother had read to you如果您的母亲向你们宣读
if your brother didn’t get shot如果您的弟弟没有得到开枪
if your father hadn’t left you如果您的父亲没有离开你
if your grandfather had the right to vote如果您的祖父曾投票权
if your uncle had legal documents如果您的叔叔了法律文件
if your teacher had inspired you如果您的老师的启发你
if you had been born with a higher IQ如果您已出生,具有较高的智商
if you had gotten that scholarship如果你曾表示,得到奖学金
if you knew how to turn on a computer如果您知道如何把一台计算机上
if your skin was just a bit lighter如果您的皮肤只是有点打火机
if you didn’t speak with an accent如果您没有发言,与口音
if God or fate or a cosmic blip had favored you just a bit more如果上帝或命运或宇宙位置亮点,已最惠国待遇,刚才你多一点

maybe your problems would be solved也许您的问题将得到解决
maybe you’d be a friend instead of a client也许你想要一个朋友,而不是一个客户端
maybe you’d be just like me也许你愿意和我一样

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