举个例子，如果你给我发送一封邮件，邀请我在一个会议上发言，我问发言的主题是什么，你可能只回复我这个主题，剪去了所有关于这个会议的细节。

For example, if you send me an invitation to speak at a conference and I ask what the topic is, you might reply with just the topic, snipping out all the details of the conference.

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当我问切尔西想让我说些什么的时候，她回答道：“爸爸，我希望你说话显得有智慧而且简练。” 然后她补充道，“女孩们希望你显得有智慧；男孩们只希望你风趣。”

When I asked Chelsea what she wanted me to say, she replied, Dad, I want you to be wise, briefly, then added, The girls want you to be wise; the boys just want you to be funny.

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妇女很惊讶, 便问‘财富’和‘成功’：“我只邀请了‘爱’, 怎么你们也来了呢？”

Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success：“I only invited Love. Why are you coming in？”

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That's a real fluid boundary between the divine and human realms, if you ask me. But it only happens there, in one spot.

这在神族和人类之间可真是一个不固定的界限，如果你问我的话，然而这种情况只在一个地点发生。

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