1·In retrospect, I was a sad little boy and a standard-issue, shiftless, egotistical, dejected teen-ager.
回顾往事,我曾是一个悲哀的小男孩,一个无能的、任性的、沮丧的标准问题少年。
2·The “shiftless” Cherokees proudly did everything necessary.
“无能”的切诺基们自豪地做了所有一切事。
3·Such shiftless management, such waste, such confusion, I never saw.
这样无能的管理方法,这种浪费,这种混乱现象,我从来没有见过。