So the total number of shares is almost-- the tendency to do splits is a cultural thing; it's of no real significance.

所以股票总数几乎是个,这种分割的趋势是文化使然,没有实际的意义

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In some Eastern cultures there's more of a view about faith and more attributions to situation.

而在东方文化中，人们更看重命运,更多地归因于实际情况中。

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Reason, although it was employed for all sorts of practical and intellectual purposes in some of these cultures, it still lacked independence from religion and it lacked the high status to challenge the most basic received ideas.

尽管在这些文化中,理性在只是理论上,实际活动中都有被利用,但是它始终无法与宗教割裂,地位也很低,而不被大多数人接受

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