如果是讨论严肃问题的话，甚至会更好；但若是停留在过去问题，那不是众人所乐见的。

If they were to involve discussion of serious issues, so much the better; but on past form that is sadly a lot to hope for.

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历史数据使得分析过去问题或对一段时间内性能情况的比较(比如，本周与上周的对比)变得很简单。

Historical data makes it easy to analyze past problems or to compare performance over a period of time (for example, this week vs. last week).

youdao

OK. Now. This is just sort of bringing us back up to speed and adding a few more details in.

好，现在，我们刚刚回头,过去看了一些,细节问题。

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And as pointed out in your reading, the characters all seem to deal with something about the past.

中都有所体现，在你的阅读材料中也提到了,戏中角色似乎都在处理关于过去的一些问题。

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So it's not just a question of the past, as I say and as I've said before.

正如我以前说过的，它不只是过去的问题。

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