You might think that its function is to make you more - a better cyclist but that's not its only function.

你也许只知道它的作用是--,使你成为一个更好的自行车手,但这并不是它的唯一功能

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And sometimes, you know, not knowing a word, it helps you learn it better

有时候，不知道一个单词，却能够帮助你更好地学习它，

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And from that perspective it looks as though it would be better to know how much time you've got left.

从这个角度来看,你知道自己剩下多少时间似乎更好。

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You know from experience if you've ever mixed them to make salad dressing, they don't mix too well. And you may know that if you heat them up, they mix much better.

经验告诉我们,你无法把它们混合做成色拉酱调料，他们不会很好的混合，但是你也知道,如果我们把他们加热，就能够混合的更好。

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- On the other hand, we have to ask ourselves-- and this the question that I left us with last time- whether it would really, all things considered, be better to know how much time you had.

另一方面，我们不得不问自己-,这是上一次课我留下来的问题-,从全面考虑，知道你还有多少时间，是不是会更好。

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Would it be better to know when you were going to die?

你知道自己何时死亡会更好吗？

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