It comes at a pivotal point in U.S.-Iraqi relations, as both sides attempt to form a new working relationship.

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So for example I defined p, remember back over here, as a Cartesian point, but I can actually ask for its polar form.

我可以要求返回它的极坐标形式，这里对我是可访问的，好，这很棒，请再记另外一个为什么。

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You need a functional form that connects the value at one state of matter, the freezing point of water to another phase change, the boiling point of water.

你需要一个函数形式来,连接物质某个态对应的温度值，如水的冰点，和另一个相变,如水的沸点。

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So, that's the first point: It's material. The second point is that narrative has a form, and that it can be constructed, built.

这就是我第一个观点：它是物质的，第二个理由是,叙述故事有一个框架，它可以像一个手工品一样。

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So perhaps we should put the point in the form of a dilemma.

所以也许可以用二难推理叙述这个问题。

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But the point is that this form of immortality is available to Tellus because of his place in the polis, because of the deeds he does for the polis, and that is the greatest possible payoff.

但是关键是,特勒斯之所以能成为永恒,是因为他在城邦中的地位,是因为他在城邦之中的功绩,这也许就是得以永存的最佳途径

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It doesn't have a point. It's all process and form.

它没有目的，而仅仅是过程和形式。

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Now, let me just make the last point I want to make about this, and that's that because language is material, it has form, it has both closedness and possibility, it's susceptible to the workings of craft, it's also unpredictable. Tosses mobius strip on floor.

让我说关于此事的最后一个观点吧，正因为语言是物质的，它有固定模式，它没有尽头又充满可能，它易受,工艺品的影响，它同时也是不可预知的。

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