1. One must not go to extremes in applying the principle of self-reliance. 不要把自力更生绝对化。
2. The increasing self-reliance of many elderly people is probably linked to a massive increase in the use of simple home medical aids. 许多老年人越来越能依靠自己生活，这可能与简单家庭医疗设备的使用大量增加有关。
3. Remember this is 1838, "Self-Reliance" was a novel idea at the time and the United States citizens were less secure about themselves as individuals and as Americans. 记住这是在1838年，“自力更生”在当时是一个新奇的概念，美国公民对他们自己作为个人和作为美国人的安全感较低。
4. People learned self-reliance because they had to. 人们学会了自立因为他们不得不这样做。
5. Closing such centres and cutting council budgets doesn't magically increase reserves of individual self-reliance. 关闭这类中心和削减委员会预算并不能神奇地增加人们的储蓄金，供他们生活。
