It is a myth that gunslingers in the American west cut notches in the handle of their pistol for each man they shot.

有种传说，美国西部的枪手们每杀死一个人就在他们的枪柄上刻下一个V形记号。

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MYTH: the lack of a widespread HIV epidemic in the west proves the orthodoxy is wrong.

误解五：在西方HIV并未大规模传播证明认为HIV是通过性传播的传统说法是错的。

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In the West, from Greek myth, there developed a division between the old gods representing nature and the new gods representing spiritual lives, and 3d model of "God-Nature-Man" was constructed.

西方从希腊神话起，代表自然的旧神和代表精神生活的新神开始有了分化，有了“神一人一自然”三维结构的雏形。

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The West's intoxication with the myth of the Arab Spring means that currently, the political winds are siding with Egypt.

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"The myth that it is some kind of Trojan Horse with which radical lslamists are trying to infiltrate the west and global financial structures is baseless, " according to the individual.

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