And as a starting point there's a lovely quote from the psychologist and philosopher William James that I want to begin with.

作为开始,有一个可爱的引言,是心理学家和哲学家,威廉，詹姆斯说的,我想用它做开始。

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And I'll start with the topic that we'll be covering next week on Monday This is a brain.

我以我们下周一要讨论的主题,作为开始,这是一个大脑

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So I started off with an example that's pretty bad for this story, namely, Coke and Pepsi.

我以一个例子作为开始,一个不太恰当的例子,即,可口可乐和百事可乐

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Well, let's start with an interesting claim about language made by Charles Darwin.

我以达尔文提出的,一个有趣的语言观点来作为开始

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