Once language starts to develop from about age 2, they do have a system for symbolic representation and can talk about things which aren't in their immediate environment including the past.

一旦语言从2岁左右开始发展，他们就有了一个符号表征系统，可以谈论过去和现在环境之外的事情。

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Their system seems to combine the two ideals of strong government and proportional representation.

他们的体制似乎同时具有强有力的政府与比例代表制这两种理想状况。

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The proportional representation system was widely blamed for two inconclusive election results and a year of political stalemate.

两次无结果的选举和一年的政治僵局使得比例代表制受到广泛地指责。

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The challenge is to find a non-partisan system of representation.

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By the same token, a constitutional reform may be aimed at fixing imperfections in the system of representation or other imperfections that demand amendments from the original constitutional document.

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Assuming it has passed, there will now be a fresh general election, in December, with a more proportional system of representation, in which many more Sunnis are expected to participate.

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