Surely, it takes much more restraint-and far more faith in one's readers-to place the full heft of a book in the bumbling hands of an unreliable first person.

不过要把叙述整部作品的重任都放到不可靠的第一人称叙事者那摇晃的肩膀上去，也的确需要作家的自我克制，和对读者的信任。

People want to protect their view of themselves because it takes a long time to build up a semi-coherent view of oneself and one's place in the world.

人们都会保护自己的观点，因为这是他们花了很长时间来完成的——理清思路，建立自我，找到在这个世界上的位置。

Butin a kinship society such as Somalia, voting takes place not on the merit ofissues but along group lines; one votes according to one's clan affiliation.

但是在一个像索马里这样的亲族社会里，民众不是根据议题本身的优缺点而是根据阵营来投票，根据自己的亲族关系来投票，一位氏族成员总是投票给自己的氏族。

One of the most beautiful and happiest events in one's life takes place on the day in which one's wedding is held.

一个人一生中最美好，最幸福的重大事件之一发生在举行婚礼的那天。