Its second function is cosmological. It's explaining cosmic phenomena: the land, the sky, the heavenly bodies and so on, and their origins.

第二个是宇宙学方面的，它解释了宇宙现象：,大地，天空，天体等等及它们的起源。

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But I think this definition is also limiting, and this is a phenomenon that I hope you will come to be familiar with.

但我认为这个解释也太局限了，我希望你们能逐渐熟悉这一现象。

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There's different theories about why, but my point right now is simply that people don't necessarily know this but still they're subject to this.

有很多不同的理论对这种现象进行了解释，不过现在我的看法是,人们并不理解这种现象,但却仍然会这样去做。

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When I posit the existence of atoms with certain structures and certain sort of ways of interacting and combining and building up, when I posit atoms, suddenly I can explain all sorts of things about the physical world.

当我假设原子以某种特定结构存在,以一定的方式相互作用,互相结合,集聚,通过假定原子存在,我立即就能够解释,物理世界中各种各样的现象了

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And so, Freud's theory is, as I said before, a theory of everyday life, of decisions, of errors, of falling in love, but it's also a theory of child development.

所以，正如之前所说，弗洛伊德的理论不仅解释了日常生活，决策，失误以及恋爱等现象，还解释了儿童的发展。

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Similarity predicts the success of a marriage and through a phenomena people aren't exactly sure about, couples become more and more similar over the course of a relationship.

相似性能预测到一段婚姻是否会成功,人们也解释不清这个现象，相处久了，夫妻之间就有了夫妻相。

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