He talks to himself, he plants a garden, he takes a stroll in the garden in the cool of the evening.

他自言自语，自己创造了一个花园,在一个凉爽的夜晚在里面散步。

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If I look at the Cartesian, oh, I did have the Cartesian form, don't mind me while I mutter to myself here quietly.

如果我来看看这个笛卡尔，哦，我还没有笛卡尔形式，当我自言自语的时候,请大家别介意。

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He doesn't literally mean even that when we talk to ourselves somebody pats us on the head " and says, "Good man. Perfect. I'm very proud."

他更不是在说,当我们自言自语时,会有人拍拍我们的头,说“做的好，非常棒，我为你自豪“

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Just doing a simple thing, that again come back to Thich Nhat Hanh, talks about when you're feeling some pain, or stress, anxiety, put your hands over your heart, and breathe and say "I care for your pain and I care for your suffering."

只做一件简单的事，正如一行禅师所说，感受到痛苦，压力，焦虑时，感受到痛苦，压力，焦虑时，双手交叉，放在心口上，呼吸，自言自语道,“我在乎你所受的痛苦和煎熬“

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What he means, for instance, in this case is well, talking to yourself is self-reinforcing or giving bad news to an enemy is reinforcing because it makes your enemy feel bad.

比如在这个例子中，他的意思其实是，自言自语是种自我强化行为,而向敌人散布坏消息也是一种强化,因为这样做可以使敌人感到不快。

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Skinner, in his book Verbal Behavior, talks about the question of why do we do things like talk to ourselves, imitate sounds, create art, give bad news to an enemy, fantasize about pleasant situations?

斯金纳在其《言语行为》一书中，描述了我们展现各种行为的原因,如自言自语，声音模仿，创造艺术，向敌人散布坏消息，幻想美好情景等等？

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