1. God's preference for the offering of Abel valorizes the free life of the nomadic pastoralist over urban existence. 上帝对亚伯的优待,肯定了游牧式的生活,甚于定居的生活。
2. We live in a world that valorizes this idea of work. We talk about work using phrases like, “keep your nose to the grindstone” and “no pain, no gain. 我们生活在一个工作概念模式化的世界里,谈起工作,我们常会引用一些短语,比如:“埋头苦干”和“种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆”。