They're trying to lay out an argument which is consistent and continuous and keep surprise to a minimum.

他们试图自然地建立起一个论点,使之一致，使我们的诧异最小化。

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So you're marching forward at that pace, but now as you get closer and closer to each other, various items begin to affect your behavior.

所以大家步调一致地突进,但当你越来越接近对方时,各种事物开始影响你的行为

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However, over the course of time, some ancient Israelites, not all at once and not unanimously, broke with this view and articulated a different view, that there was one divine power, one god.

然而随着时间推移一些犹太人，不是全体一致地，摒弃了这种，认同并信仰一种完全不同的，那就是世上只有一个神，上帝。

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If there was a bowl of fruit up there as you walked in, it'd be incongruous but people wouldn't shriek with laughter and point to the fruit.

如果你走进教室,看到这里有一碗水果，这也是不一致,但你不会高声大笑地指着水果。

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