They're associated now with events in the life of the new nation rather than being grounded in the cycles of nature.

他们现在同一个国家的新生联系起来,而不再是简单的自然循环。

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It's easy to see why you might think that sort of thing when you stick to simple machines.

你对于简单机器抱有这种想法,是很自然的事

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The first point worth noting about this, is that Aristotle did not simply assume slavery was natural, because it was practiced virtually everywhere in the ancient world.

第一点值得注意的是，亚里士多德并未,简单纯地假设奴役是自然的，只因奴役在古代的世界,四处可见。

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But again, the elements were harsh, finding food may not have been easy, and certain sorts of diets would prevail over others, where there would be a lot of certain nutrients and few of other ones.

可是,自然环境是恶劣的,寻找食物一点也不简单,不过某些食物相对其他更为常见些,其富含有某些营养成分,但缺乏其他的

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And again, this is not simply a brute fact of nature.

这不简单是,一个自然事实。

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