Her aim is to get along in a world that is dominated by shifting forces that can be registered and reacted to by poetry, but not explained.

她的目的是通过诗歌所能记录，达到却不能解释的,变幻莫测的力量,来和被统治的世界相处。

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That little J shaped curve is explained primarily by cigarette smoking because that keeps weight down in people, it also makes people sick so that their weight gets low because of that, and it explains the high rates of the disease risk there.

这个小J形曲线主要是由吸烟引起的,因为吸烟一方面能让体重降低,另一方面也引起疾病,疾病让人们的体重下降,这也解释了这里的高患病风险

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