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”。