This is when you learn the laws in terms of which you can understand and explain a large number of phenomena.

从此刻开始,你们学习的理论,能帮助你理解和解释生活中的很多现象

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Well, this allows us to try to go back and explain some phenomena that over the years, mounting evidence was building that couldn't be explained.

好了，这个可以使得我们,返回去然后去解释一些，以前逐年积累的未能解释的现象,我们下节课将讨论。

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