There is, I think, much truth in Patricia's observation that "lecturing is an unnatural act, an act for which God did not design humans".

帕特里夏说“讲课是一种非自然的行为，这种行为不是上帝设计给人类的”，我认为她的观察很有道理。

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Talking first, listening second. Listening is an unnatural act.

先说后听。倾听是一种不自然的行为。

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You are getting people to do an unnatural act – to betray their country.

你在让人们做违反常理的行为—背叛他们的国家。

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Interest, therefore, was based on an unnatural act, that of treating wealth as though it was fertile, when it was as barren as a mule.

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Audiences are full of naturally active people, and asking them to sit for 45 minutes or an hour is asking them to commit an unnatural act.

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This created an unnatural and impossible balancing act for the leaders.

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