We assume that unless we're dealing with Scheherazade, it has to have an end, but at the same time we might well ask ourselves, why does it have a middle? What is the function of the middle with respect to a beginning and an end?

而且我们认定一定会有结尾，除非讲故事的是那个，《天方夜谭》中的苏丹新娘，但是我们要问自己了，为什么故事一定要有经过呢？,故事的经过对于开头结尾来说起到什么作用呢？

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Anything is unnarratable if we don't have a sense of a beginning, a middle, and an end to bring to bear on it.

如果我们不仔细都不会注意到它有开头，经过和结果。

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The proper way to draw a vector is to draw an arrow that's got a beginning and it's got an end.

画矢量的正确方法是,画一个有起点和终点的箭头

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Aristotle tells us that a plot has a beginning, a middle and an end.

亚里士多德告诉我们，故事都要有起因，经过，结果。

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