I thought that sooner or later one thing was sure to happen: The first real test once he was through school would ruin him.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

Then quite a few children will understand what boarding pass is, so when they receive this, they thought the trip was almost real.

只有很少一部分孩子知道,登机牌是什么，因此当他们拿到登机牌时，他们都以为这趟旅行是真的。

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and we thought it was real but it wasn't.

而且我们以为它是真的，但它不是。

在工作室发生的事 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He decided to do this out of his love for the city of Venice and because he thought it was important to put on display the real decline of the population, to raise public awareness.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

They've got to be thought experiments, because in real life,bodies and personalities go hand in hand.

它们必须是思考实验，因为现实中肉体和人格密不可分。

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Well, first there's a distinction, a distinction between real dreams versus sleep thought.

首先，我们要区分，真正的梦和半睡半醒的想法。

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You can't think that it really could make so much difference in the real world how prices and quantitie and welfare, and profit is going to work out depending on some thought experiment about how I think about my strategy set.

你们很难想象在现实世界里,价格 产量 福利和利润会因为,不同策略集合设定下的思想实验,而产生如此巨大的变化

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So, there's this real connection and that's the way they really thought about it.

可以看到,这二者之间确有关联,希腊人也是这么认为的

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