Rachel: It's so that I can spend Thanksgiving with my family. See, every year we go skiing in Vail, and normally my father pays for my ticket, but I sort of started the whole independence thing, you know, which is actually why I took this "job". 这样我才能和家里人共度感恩节。你看,每年我们全家都去韦尔滑雪,通常都是我父亲为我出票钱,但是我现在已经开始学习独立,恩,这实际上也是我在这里干的原因。
Monica: You should feel great about yourself! You're doing this amazing independence thing! 你应该为自己感到骄傲!你正在做这件令人赞叹的“独立”的事情!
Monica: Independence. Taking control of your life. The whole, 'hat' thing. 独立了,把握自己的生活。就像你说的“帽子”的事情。
taking her first steps towards adulthood and independence. 开始了迈向成年和独立的第一步
It takes one of these females longer to raise her young to independence than it does a leopard in Africa. 比起非洲豹来 母豹养大她的孩子成人所花的时间要长很多