"I don't think anything there was a surprise. What the assessment says is basically, things are catastrophically bad in Afghanistan, which is,I'd say, objectively true, but that things are not unsalvageable, that we can turn this around as long as we stay dedicated to the appropriate strategy and fully resource that strategy.

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now I'm really fantastic at drawing this mechanical device, but you can imagine that dropping a weight can cause a paddle wheel to turn.

机械装置的时候,我真的很着迷，你可以想象,当重物掉落的时候会带动桨轮旋转。

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But if I say turn this into a float, ah it throws a value error exception.

它就会抛出一个值错误异常了，它会告诉我输入了一种错误的值。

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That's, in turn, because this guy's being pushed by the 10 Newtons, but that's not your problem.

反过来,因为这个物体被 10 牛的力推着,但和你没有关系

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This was not only true of his experience at home, but of his failed efforts to turn Dionysius' kingship in Sicily into a successful example of philosophical rule.

这不仅验证于他的国内经历，也验证于他无力,助迪欧尼修斯将西西里王权,转为成功之哲学统治的过往。

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And in a moment, I'll ask whether it's the best possible explanation, but before we do turn to that question, there is an objection to this entire way of looking at things that's probably worth pausing for a moment and considering.

而马上,我要问你们这是否是最好的解释,但在我们转向那个问题之前,有一个对这一整套,看待问题的方式的反驳,或许值得我们稍微停留并考虑一番

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