In other words, all of them are modes of communication with which we function, the intelligibility of which allows us to negotiate the world around us.

也就是说，它们都是我们应用的交流模式，帮助我们理解周围的世界。

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This is what I love about the first part of Genesis God is trying to figure out what he has made and what he has done, and he's got to shift modes all the time and God realizes that he's going to have to make a concession.

这是我喜欢《创世纪》第一部分的原因,上帝想弄清楚，他造了什么东西,他做了什么,上帝意识到。

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