首先，你得开始一段对话。

First of all, you have to start a conversation.

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怎样礼貌地结束一段对话？

How do you end a conversation in a polite way?

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积极主动地开始一段对话。

Be active to start a conversation.

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As a conversation, as a dialogue, it is something the author wants us to join, to take part in.

作为一段会话，一场对话，作者要我们参与对谈，融入其中。

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and my favorite was, a person asked,

我最喜欢的一段对话是：一个人问了，

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The Triumph of Death, the dialogue of the mathematician Pascal is quoted by Rabb.

拉布曾引用过一段数学家帕斯卡的对话

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