Building the dam would not be a simple matter.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

It's not a simple matter. Imagine what it would be like if you had to learn about sixty such things?

绝不是个简单的事,想象一下如果你得学,六十个字母会是什么状况

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I think I have sort of two things to go together that are very simple, that doesn't matter where you live.

我有两点要讲,他们都很简单,无论你住在哪里都可以。

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Let's assume that we know that this thing is going to be paid, so it's a matter of simple time.

我们假设这份承诺会被兑现,这只是时间的问题

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This is a matter of simple algebra, of taking this and putting it here.

本质上讲,这是简单的代数运算,把这个式子代入上面的式子

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I think the simple fact of the matter is we don't know enough about consciousness yet to know whether or not it can be explained in physical terms.

一个简单的事实就是,我们对于意识了解甚少,还不知道是否能使用物理的方式对其进行解释

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But a lot of the inventions that matter to us are extremely simple.

但是很多发生在我们身边的发明,都是极其简单的。

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