Cognitive decline is the loss of ability to learn new skills, or recall words,names,and faces that is most common as we age.

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In other words, what they have in common with each other, ethical will and animal passion, is that they're both grounded in interest.

换句话说，道德意志和动物本性,的共同点就是，它们都建立在兴趣之上，对吧？

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It is not enough merely to speak the same words, but in a sense, citizens must have certain common experiences, certain common memory and experience that shape a city and the people.

仅是说相同的话还不够，另一方面，公民还必需,要有特定的共同经历，特定的共同记忆,与形塑城市与人民的经历。

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