He says the work of telomeres is important to the understanding of how genetic material is copied and saved.

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Better attention, better understanding of the material if you are actively engaged, as opposed to just taking down passive notes.

主动参与，集中注意，更好地理解材料，而不是被动做笔记。

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Everything is interconnected on the higher level on a spiral-- in other words will lead to deep understanding and hopefully assimilation of the material.

所有内容在一个更高的水平上呈螺旋状互相联系-,换言之，会带来深刻的理解和我所希望的对材料的吸收。

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There is considerable evidence for different forms of innate knowledge and innate desires and we'll look--and we'll talk about it in detail when we look at case studies like language learning, the development of sexual preference, the developing understanding of material objects.

大量不同形式的证据,证明了先天知识和先天欲望的存在,当我们讲到语言学习，性偏好发展,以及物质客体理解的发展，等主题的个案研究时，会来细讲这些证据。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

The institutions and the ideas therefore, that provide for freedom and improvement in the material conditions of life, cannot take root and flourish without an understanding of how they came about and what challenges they have had to surmount.

故此,这些机制和理念,为物质生活条件的自由和改善,提供了基础,但在不知道其根源且,无法预料的挑战之前,机制和理念是不可能扎根的

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