我们坐着，焦急地等待电影开演。

We sat waiting impatiently for the movie to start.

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我们坐着看太阳渐渐落下去。

We sat and watched the sun setting.

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我们坐着谈了好几个小时。

We sat talking for hours.

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We compared Los--we couldn't go back in a time machine and do questionnaire surveys in the 1880s, but we could do it in the 1980s.

我们不能坐着时光机,回到19世纪80年代去做问卷调查,但是在20世纪80年代却可以

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Yes, to me personally, I feel like it all depends on one's personal morals and like we can't sit here and just, like this is just my opinion, ... of course other people are going to disagree but Well we'll see, let's see what their disagreements are and then we'll see if they have reasons that can persuade you or not.

对，就我个人来讲，我觉得这完全取决于一个人的道德修养,而不是我们在这坐着说得清楚的，当然这只是我一家之言，其他人肯定会反对，但是,这个到时再说，先看他们的反对意见是什么,再来看他们的理由是否能说服你。

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