But just make sure everyone- do I need to explain what's going on here?

为了确保每个人都能理解,需要我描述一下大致情况吗

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

Next thing I need to explain is this.

下面我需要解释一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So Milton will continually be saying in his prose tracts, "Oh! I just had an idea. Dear reader, before I go on, perhaps I should say something about myself. I need to explain something to you about where I'm coming from. You wonder who I am to tell you this?

所以弥尔顿会在他的散文中不停地说，“哦！我有一个主意，亲爱的读者，在我继续下去之前,也许我应该介绍下自己，我需要向你们,解释一下我从哪里来，你们会想我是谁呀？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

.. Ok, so... I think I don't need to explain to you why there is one lecture in the semester that I don't teach and Sean will teach it.

好的，那么。,我想我不需要跟你们解释,为什么这学期有一节课不是我教而是Sean教的。

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The one we started with-- you need the soul to explain the animation of the body-- that argument, I think, doesn't work.

我们一开始提到的那个观点,你需要灵魂来解释肉体的生命力,我想那个论点并不成立

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

So, I infer the existence of atoms based on the fact that doing that allows me to explain things that need explaining.

所以说我推测原子的存在是基于,该假设使得我能够解释,所需解释的一些现象

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

And if the best that the soul theorist has is, "Maybe we need this to explain something that I don't see how you guys can explain, maybe this would help, though I can't quite see how either," that's not a very compelling argument.

如果灵魂主义者最为充分的理由是,或许我们需要灵魂来解释些,我认为你们不能解释的东西,或许这样能有些帮助,尽管我也不清楚怎样用灵魂解释,这就不是一个很有说服力的论证

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