我需要些东西提提神。

I need something to sustain me.

youdao

我知道我需要一些东西。

I knew I needed something.

youdao

我有一些东西需要申报。

I have a few things to declare.

youdao

Now why? When I put this class together, I didn't think to myself, "Ok, so what are the things that I need to introduce ?" in order to please the participants in the class, the students?"

为什么？，当我开这门课程时，我自己没想过，“好的，我需要介绍些什么东西,以便能取悦课程的参与者，这些学生呢“

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And if the best that the soul theorist has is, "Maybe we need this to explain something that I don't see how you guys can explain, maybe this would help, though I can't quite see how either," that's not a very compelling argument.

如果灵魂主义者最为充分的理由是,或许我们需要灵魂来解释些,我认为你们不能解释的东西,或许这样能有些帮助,尽管我也不清楚怎样用灵魂解释,这就不是一个很有说服力的论证

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