But there's more, and this is why novels are long: - not too long, not too short, but of a certain length-- of a certain magnitude, as Aristotle puts it.

但是当然还有很多别的东西，要不这本书也不会那么长：,不是太长，但也不短，刚刚好能说明清楚问题的长度-,亚里士多德这么评价。

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And there are other examples as well, but that's why it's important.

同样也有一些其他的例子,但这就很能说明问题

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Everybody knows the water would continue in a straight line, suggesting that when you have experience that helps you out, but in absence of experience you're kind of lost.

所有人都知道水会继续沿直线喷出,这说明经验能够帮助你正确解决问题,但缺乏经验会使你感到困惑

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