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Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

对不同时期所作的陈述进行比较，常常使我们能够对文化因素的出现给出最大和最小的日期，或为人口的流动确定时间限制。

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Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.

如果灵魂不存在，时间是否会存在，这是一个可以公平地提出的问题;因为如果没有人可以数，就没有什么可以数的，所以显然就没有数字;因为数字不是已经被数过的，就是可以被数过的。

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It's not about how much movement you do, how much interaction there is, it just reeks of credibility if it's real. If it's contrived, it seems to work for a while for the people who can't filter out the real and unreal.

重要的不是你做了多少动作，有多少互动，如果是真实的，就会散发出可信度的味道。如果是人为的，它似乎在一段时间内对那些不能过滤真实和不真实的人有效。

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For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

因为绝大多数人对表象感到满意，仿佛它们是现实，而且往往受表象的影响比受现实的影响更大。

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Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men.

虚脱是我们的自然状态。从一点阳光到一点阴凉处，再回到阴凉处，像虫子一样的运动是人类自然的运动。

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Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

世界上大多数欢乐的外表并不是欢乐，而是艺术。受伤的灵魂看不见，却在伪装下行走。

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Still, whether we like it or not, the task of speeding up the decrease of the human population becomes increasingly urgent.

然而，不管我们喜不喜欢，加速人口减少的任务变得日益紧迫。

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Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population.

我们的人口正走向稳定的高原，这意味着人口老龄化。

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A film has its own life and takes its own time.

电影有它自己的生活，有它自己的时间。

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