The sad fact is we're having to do for ourselves nowadays.

不幸的是 我们必须要保护自己。

That's the kind of thing we tend to do for ourselves and other people: we regularly rehearse the case for the prosecution.

这就是我们倾向于为自己和他人做的事情：我们定期为控方排练案件。

And because of this, we can construct a spectrum of action: actions that we only do for ourselves and actions that we only do for others.

也正因为如此，我们可以构建一个行动范围：我们只为自己做的行动和我们只为他人做的行动。

Because I wished to show what we can do for ourselves, I have everywhere assumed that our cultivation in English is to be effected by naked volition and a kind of dead lift.

因为我想展示我们可以为自己做些什么， 所以我到处都假设我们的英语培养是通过赤裸裸的意志和一种硬拉来实现的。

And so I think one of the kindest things we can do for ourselves is to shake off an old story, a story that maybe fit us 10 years ago, or maybe when we were kids, but doesn't define us now.

所以我认为我们能为自己做的最善意的事情之一就是摆脱一个古老的故事，这个故事可能适合我们 10 年前，或者可能适合我们小时候，但现在不能定义我们。