By extension we have our attempt as readers to arrive at an understanding of the first two books in general.

延伸开来，我们作为作者，试图,达成对这两卷书的大体上的理解。

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And so, I'm going to talk about that after we have a better understanding of what's going on in the book.

因此我将在我们对这本书有了更好的理解之后,再谈论其历史。

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