Does that forces us to say, "Ah, so it's not ?" the same rope at the end as the beginning."

那我们是不是就必须说,“啊，这不是一开始那根绳子了“

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And what that means, of course, is you won't do as well at the beginning as you're likely to be doing toward the end.

当然，这也就是说，你们刚开始时做的不会太好,我们期望你们在最后会更好一些。

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The extended-through-space train I pick out at the end of our walk is the same as the extended-through-space train that I picked out at the beginning of our walk.

走到末尾的时候,我谈到的贯穿空间的火车,和一开始我谈到的,是同一辆。

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