总之，叙利亚就是一个地区的蛇窝，很少有邻居——或来自远方的外人——在其眼前明智地晃脚。
In sum, Syria is a regional snake-pit in which few neighbours-or outsiders from farther afield-would be wise to dangle their toes.
如果在做智力游戏之前，人们被告知出现在其眼前的东西没有一样是重要的，他们就不会做出令人满意的选择。
If they were told that none of what they had been shown was important before being given the puzzles, they failed to make satisfactory choices.
让这样的行为更加不可思议的是母猴们丢掉了眼前的食物——而几乎在其他所有情况下，她们都会欣然接受。
And what made the behaviour even more extraordinary was that these monkeys forfeited food that they could see-and which they would have readily accepted in almost any other set of circumstances.
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