"There is still a lot of firsts to do and hopefully we will run out of those firsts pretty quickly because it is certainly my desire that one of the legacies that I would certainly like to leave behind is bringing in more African-American astronauts."

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And more importantly, we like people who have the desire and ability to learn quickly.

更重要的是，有求知欲，并且有快速学习的能力。

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If you would like to express such desire which I assume most of you have to somebody else,

我想大多数人都跟别人表达过这种愿望，如果你想表达的话，

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and specifically what I mean is we can ask questions like what the neuro substrates support desire?

而且特别值得一提的是，我们可以问以下问题,哪些神经物质让人产生欲望？

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It can signify battle, but Hobbes says it can also signify the will to contend, simply the desire or the will to engage in conflict, " renders something like a state of nature.

这可以表示为斗争，但霍布斯说这同样可以表示竞争的意志，仅仅就是参与冲突的欲望或愿望，这些构成了“自然状态。

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It's not like something to desire, you know.

不是一件渴望的事。

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In other words, yeah, I still like it or don't like it, - but my liking has nothing to do either with desire or with approval-- moral, political, or however the case may be.

换句话说就是，没错，我还是喜欢它或者不喜欢它，但是这与我的主观意志无关-,不管是什么认同，道德，还是政治，与一切都无关。

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I'd like to start with the question,and the question is what is desire.

我想以一个问题开始，这个问题就是,什么是欲望。

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