South Africa is ready." (OMITTED) "This World Cup is beginning to plant the seeds, serving as a glue to bind the nation."

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

Right, so the fundamental idea then, is, I want to glue together information, I want to take pieces of data that naturally belong together, glue them together, and attach some methods to it.

放在一起的数据拿出来，把它们放到一起，然后把一些方法附加上去,这些，你知道的，是很长的一个定义，让我们来看个例子吧。

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What better suggestion is there for what we could point to as the metaphysical glue, ? the key to personal identity?

还有什么更好的东西,我们可以用来,作为形而上粘质，作为人格同一性的关键？

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So,at the age of forty-seven she started to glue crushed colored glass in special designs on every surface in her house.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

The glue, the key to identity across time for cars, is being the same hunk of stuff.

粘质，作为贯穿时间的车,其质的关键，就是要保持原来的这一大块。

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Once we get clear about what the relevant metaphysical glue is, we'll be in a position to start asking: Could this happen or not?

一旦我们知道了,形而上粘质是什么，我们就会问：,这会发生吗？

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The second question I've hinted at that are about to turn to not literally turn to the moment but shortly I'll turn to is what's the relevant glue what makes two stages ? stages of the very same thing?

第二个要讨论的问题是,虽然我们还没讲到,但等一下会讲,让两个不同的阶段,成为同一样东西的,是什么粘合物？

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