BORN A CRIME- Day 14

PART 1 - 3句

1, He was that friend who believed in you and saw the potential in you that nobody else did.

（可以学来描述自己的朋友）

2, He has been given an awareness of the world that is out there, but he has not been given that means to reach it.

3, At the peak of our operation we probably had 10,000 rand in capital.

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PART 2- 3词

1,bring out the best/ worst in sb

Bongani was one of those people who brought out the best in everybody.

彬彬有礼

to make someone behave in the best or worst way that they can

例句：Alcohol just brings out the worst in her.

bring sb out of himself/ herself

to make someone feel more confident and able to talk to people

把自己带出来 释放自我

2, sabotage

He sabotaged himself so that he'd get accepted back into the group again.

妨害，对 。。。采取破坏行动，阻挠

在这里引申为 诋毁 吧

1, to secretly damage or destroy equipment, vehicles etc that belong to an enemy or opponent, so that they cannot be used

例句： Every single plane had been sabotaged.

2, to deliberately spoil someone's plans because you do not want them to succeed

3, take forever to

Windows 95 took forever to shut down.

forever= a very long time

The Big Bang Theory (EP.1 Season 11)

We're not engaged. She's taking forever to answer.

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PART 3- Thoughts

“It’s easy to be judgmental about crime when you live in a world wealthy enough to be removed from it. But the hood taught me that everyone has different notions of right and wrong, different definitions of what constitutes crime, and what level of crime they’re willing to participate in.”

这章描述作者在"hood"的经历，这里的环境跟之前作者笔下的比，我觉得之前的太安稳，幸福了。这样的环境是目前的我无法想像和体会的，只能在作者的描写下一次次的感叹。OH，MY！

这个世界不是非黑即白的，有些时候我们总是揪住一个点去看待，或许说是我们没有critical thinking, 但也许作者今天也给我们提供了另一个答案,这些东西在我们眼里不是司空见惯，我们不能理解有人为什么会以“犯罪行为”谋生（除了那些变态杀人或者怎样的），其实归根究底 还不是穷，为了生存。

再一次觉得自己应该感谢这个时代，珍惜拥有的。