He said he is going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there C if I go there C so I won't put all the fires out."

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So, the idea here is, repeated pairings of the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus will give rise to the response.

这里的意思是说，无条件刺激与条件刺激的反复匹配,会引起条件反应。

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But the presence of the dog there is a conditioned stimulus and so you grew to be afraid of dogs.

而这时狗的存在就变成了条件刺激,所以你开始对狗心生恐惧。

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It predicts that the best timing is when the conditioned stimulus, which is the signal, comes before the unconditioned stimulus, which is what you have to prepare for.

它预测，最佳的时机,莫过于作为信号的条件刺激，出现在需要你做准备的，非条件刺激之前。

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