Are there any other factors that could explain these findings, and did you look at these factors?

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Could you explain the difference you saw between your university in your hometown and here?

你能解释一下你看到的你家乡的大学和这里的大学的区别吗？

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So, for example, there's a magician-- The question is not, could I explain to you how the seance manages to do the amazing things that it does?

比如说,有一个魔术师,问题不在于,我能否给你解释通灵任何,做到这些惊人事情的

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Could you explain how you applied to this university?

你能说说你是怎么申请上这所大学的吗？

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Could you explain how you joined the army?

你能给我们解释一下你是如何加入军队的吗？

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Could you explain who Columbus was?

你能介绍下哥伦布是谁吗？

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According to the soul-theory argument for soul, rather,according to the argument for souls, you needed to believe in souls in order to explain how you could have a person.

根据灵魂理论的说法，或宁可说是灵魂作用的说法，人需要相信灵魂的存在才能解释作为人的存在。

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So, you can understand they really felt quite confident at this time that we could explain everything that was going on and in fact, a really telling quote from the time was said by a professor at the University of Chicago, and what he said is, "Our future discoveries must be looked for in the sixth decimal place."

所以你可以理解,为什么当时的人那么,自信的说我们可以解释,这世界上发生的一起事情,事实上，当时有个著名的名言,是芝加哥大学的一个教授说的,他说“我们今后的科学发现,就在于弄清楚小数点第六位后的数，“

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Or perhaps, you could be trying to explain that you don't know whether you can do something or not by a certain date.

又或者，你正在试图解释你没法确定你是否能在一个指定日期前做完某件事。

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In another example, you could explain what you're doing not only at a particular moment,

在下面一个例子中，你可以解释不仅仅在一个特定时间干的事情。

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You could explain your dilemma and then look at your friend and say,

你可以解释你进退两难的困境，然后看着你的朋友说，

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You could use "I've already" pattern to explain why you don't want to go to Japan again.

你可以用“I've already”句型来解释你为什么不想再去日本了。

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Could you please explain that again?"

能请你再解释一遍吗“

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