We don't have to make up our minds in advance whether it was a real world or a completely fantastic one, but at least let's see if we can describe what world it looks like.

我们不必事先考虑这是一个,真实的抑或虚幻的世界,但至少要知道我们能否描述这个世界

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

In 2006--I mentioned this before -in 2006, the SEC proposed raising the definition to make it harder to be an accredited investor, but they haven't done that yet; so, it remains at one million dollars to do it.

我之前讲过,2006年美国证券交易委员会曾提议,抬高可信投资者的门槛,但他们仍未付诸实施,所以现在的门槛仍为一百万美元

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You drive your car in, it shows you by the arrows where you go, you stop at window one to make your order and pay, and then you go to window two to collect your food, and they're open twenty-four hours.

你开车进来,沿着箭头指示,直到第一个窗口停下,点单,付账,再开到第二个窗口领取食物,他们是二十四小时营业的

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