That's the crucial premise, and what I want to say is, as far as I can see there's no good reason to believe number two.

那就是最关键的前提,并且我想要说的是,依我来看,目前,并没有很好的理由来相信前提二

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It's perfectly inscrutable as far as I'm concerned. But I think I can say with absolute certainty that one of its possible significances cannot be that the unprofitable servant should have waited to make his investment.

这对我来说很神秘，但我可以说,我很确信,它可能的含义之一,不会是让那个无益的仆人去等。

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Okay. So that's the basic distinction and, as I say, as far as I can see it's irreconcilable so it leaves us with a choice that really does have to be made, and it's a choice which looms over a course in literary theory and coming to understand the tradition of literary theory.

这就是二者基本的不同之处，我以前说过，只要二者不能兼容,我们就不得不从中选择一个，这个选择将会一直出现在文学理论课,和理解文学理论传统的过程中。

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