In that case, we understand it as a sequence of cross-sections rather than something that somehow organically changes through time.

这样，我们就是在学习一个个语言的横截面,而不是语言自然的变化过程。

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So it was just a natural progression really because I've lived here for quite a while.

所以这真的只是一个自然的过程，因为我在这儿生活了一段时间了。

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They could be pasted back together, and the pasting process takes advantage of this natural process of complimentary hybridization.

它们可以重新粘合在一起,而这粘合的过程,得益于这种自然的互补杂交

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