And, believe it or not, I have students walk in and first thing a hand goes up and says do you have a pen? I cannot believe it.

不管信不信，我有些学生走进来，第一件事就举起手问,你有没有笔，难以置信。

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We have all become, whether we choose to admit it or not, Hobbesians.

不管你信或是不信，我都得说我们已经成了霍布斯笔下的那种公民。

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Well, for the answer to that we have to go back to ancient Greek music theory, and when you read about this--it's really turgid stuff-- but believe it or not, I teach a course on this at the graduate level.

这个,要回答那个问题,恐怕要追溯到古希腊的音乐理论,每次读这些都会云山雾罩的,不管你信不信,我曾在研究生中开过这个课程

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