Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.

  • -- Ralph Ellison 埃利森

有些人是你的亲戚,有些人是你的祖先,你选择你想要的人作为祖先。你从这些价值观中创造了自己。

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What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

什么是正常的童年?我们并不富有,我们是相当的中产阶级。我父亲从一份工作活到另一份工作;由于他要照顾这么多亲戚,他一分钱也攒不下来。

Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.

我们大多数人不仅仅是为了生存而生存。从我们祖先的角度来看,我们过着几乎难以想象的安逸生活。在这里,我们再次感谢创新。

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

杰出的祖先给他们的后代带来了强大的光芒,禁止隐瞒他们的优点或缺点。

Unfortunately, inner feelings and potential are often stunted by our parents, relatives or peers.

不幸的是,我们的内心情感和潜力经常被我们的父母、亲戚或同龄人阻碍。