and you may have said to yourself as you were reading it, "Well, gee, isn't this sort of digressive?

读的时候你可能会对自己说，天，难道这不是离题了吗？

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You could say, I could have zero chickens and 20 pigs, does that work? I've got one chicken and nineteen pigs, does that work?

为什么简单列举出所有可能的情况,再一个来检验？你可能会说,我可以有0只鸡和20只猪，这能行吗？

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I didn't get it. Somebody else will say, can you do number three on the homework for me?

我不懂，还有人会说，你能为我解答家庭作业的第三题吗？

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People would--and they would say, did you just give me the number that came up?

他们会说,你的估计值就是转出来的数字吗

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Then the broker has to explain, no didn't you see the "x" there?

经纪人会解释说,你没看见x标记吗

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