Organisms that are genetically modified,G.M.O.s, have had their genes changed to improve their characteristics.

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And one of the distinguishing characteristics between these two cultures is their approach were silence.

两种文化最突出的特点之一是,印第安人崇尚安静。

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You can tell if a pot comes from Athens or it comes from Pylos, or-- not Pylos it was probably out of business-- Thebes or someplace else because they have their local characteristics which are perfectly obvious.

你可以从一个罐子辨认出它是来自雅典,或者皮洛斯,或者--,不会是皮洛斯,它已经衰亡了--,底比斯或是一些其他的地方,因为它们都留有当地的风格,这些风格很明显地表现了出来

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There's different sorts of attributions we could make to people but Heider's insight is we tend to attribute other people's actions to their personality characteristics, to long-standing aspects of what they are.

我们会对别人的行为想出各种各样的原因,但Heider发现我们通常会把他们行为的原因归为,他们的性格原因，他们固定不变的一面。

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