Now this is perhaps, frankly this is really the reason that people tend to get confused with the new piece of syntax because the * means different things in different contexts.

也许，这就是大家对这个新语法,混淆的原因,因为*的在不同的环境中有不同的意义。

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You know, so he's seen me work in a lot of different contexts, so he was able to write a letter that said,

所以，他知道我在不同的环境下是如何工作的，这样他在给我写推荐信时才会说出以下这番话。

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