If the surprises are too great, then they induce overstrain and we throw away the book in frustration and despair.

如果令人惊讶之处过多，则会导致读者过劳,最后因失望或绝望而抛开它。

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They throw all kinds of old books, great old books, onto the bonfire.

抛掉了所有旧书刊,将珍贵的古籍,统统抛入火里

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

And against that, we could have the pessimists who say, "The negative side especially once we throw in the negative interaction effects, the negative side is so great that " that it would be better never to have been born at all."

而与此相反，可能有悲观主义者说，“消极的方面,特别是我们一旦把负面相互影响考虑进去，消极的方面就会变得,让我们觉得还是压根别出生的好“

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Whatever you think those are. Here, you might imagine different people disagreeing about-- oh, but throw in something--but if what you want to do is write the great American novel, then you've got the experience of staying up late at night not knowing how to make the plot work out, crushing pieces of paper and throwing them away.

你能想到的都在里面，可能有人不同意-,插入某某东西，比如你想,创作最伟大的美国小说，于是你获得熬夜的体验,纠结于如何构建情节，撕碎稿纸，扔在一边。

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