Let me point out just how odd a claim that is.

我现在就要阐述这奇怪之处。

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What an odd thing to say, but in any event here is how this works.

说起来这是多么古怪的事,但这里,我们要讲乐曲的原理

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The story is explaining how these odd conditions of life came to be as they are, which is not to say that it's the ideal situation or even that it's God's will for humankind these are etiological fables, and they're best read as such.

这个故事解释了，这些奇怪的生活状态,并不是说，这些便是理想的,甚至是根据上帝旨意的生活状态,而是阐述为什么会这样的原因，这是最好的解释。

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Claire Elise is going to get her own vote plus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 votes and Beatrice is getting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, how did I end up with eight, I thought I had an odd number. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 there must have been an odd number before.

克莱尔·伊莉斯将获得自己的选票加上,12345678 8张选票,而比阿特丽斯获得1234567,我怎么数出8个来的,我想应该是个奇数,1234567,之前也应该是个奇数

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