Its lead singer is Australia's federal environment minister,Peter Garrett, who says the band was eager to help such a worthwhile cause.

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The pig is eager to eat" means the state of affairs that we're talking about is when the pig does the eating.

猪想吃东西",意思是我们在说猪吃东西,这个事件的状态

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So for instance, immediately you read "The pig is eager to eat" versus "The pig is easy to eat" and in a fraction of a second you know there's an important difference.

例如,你快速的阅读了"猪想吃东西",和"猪肉容易吃"这两句话,你在一瞬间就会懂得,这两句话之间是有很大区别的

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But if there is another argument for that claim, I'm eager to hear it, because this argument, at any rate, seems to me to be unsuccessful.

但如果确实有这种论点存在，我迫不及待地想听一听，因为这个论点无论怎么看，似乎都不会说得通。

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