I bring a million preconceptions to bear on what I take to be a simple act of looking.

在我做看这个简单的动作时,我已经有了百万个先入之见。

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It is in fact a very, very difficult and derivative act of the mind to try to forget that I am looking at a sign that says 'exit' and, in fact, just looking at what is there without knowing what it is.

事实上，试图忘记那个写着存在的标志,和只知道它存在而不知道它是什么，是非常难的事情。

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