I felt kind of ridiculous I couldn't even be emotional because I was in such shock."

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Whether Gadamer means that when he speaks of gap or whether he simply means an abyss or a distance to be crossed I couldn't say.

当葛达玛说到间隙时是那个意思,还是仅仅认为它是需要跨越的一个深渊或者一段距离,我不能确定。

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Mind you, it's not that I think we couldn't be stimulated to get pleasure forever.

提醒你们，我并非否定,永远依靠刺激获得快感。

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Well, I suppose one possible response would be, "You know, you couldn't really do that.

我想可能会有人回应说,你知道,你其实并不能真的那样做

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To suggest that that couldn't be relevant evidence is like saying I can't tell you anything interesting about what's going on in the hallway right now, because after all I'm not in the hallway; I'm here in the lecture hall.

要说这些都是不相干的经验,就好比说我现在不能告诉你,走廊上发生了什么,毕竟我不在走廊上,我在教室里面

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