It was a question of constructing an elaborate formal edifice to which everybody could contribute. Students got excited about it.

现在的精读已形成了一种精确而正式的体系,每个人都可以做出自己的贡献，学生当然会对此感兴趣。

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The circulatory system which we'll talk about in a couple of weeks, the heart, the blood vessels, and the blood work together to form a totally internal function.

例如过几周我们要讲的循环系统,心脏,血管,血液,三者协同工作,形成一个完全在体内发挥作用的体系

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Now since God is himself the transcendent source of all being and since he is good, in a monotheistic system there are no evil agents that constitute a realm that opposes God as an equal rival.

因为上帝的力量超越万物,也因为他是上帝，在一神论体系中没有恶灵,能够形成一个可与他相抗衡的领域。

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