The respiratory system plays an important role in maintaining our internal environment at the proper level of oxygen, by bringing the right amount in.

呼吸系统的重要性在于,通过向体内输入适量的氧气,维持人体内环境中的氧平衡

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And I came to hope about ten years later, you had an important role in that, that I thought you may try to put the two together.

我希望十年后，当你们有一定生活阅历了，你们就可以把这两部影片对比着来看。

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Mechanisms like habituation, classical conditioning and operant conditioning are real; they can be scientifically studied; and they play an important role in the lives of animals and probably an important role in human lives as well.

诸如习惯化，经典条件作用，操作性条件作用之类的机制,都是真实存在的;,这些机制都能得到科学的研究;,它们在动物的生活里起到了重要的作用,或许在我们人类的生活中,也同样起到了重要的作用。

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He would remain a virgin in order to prepare for and to maintain this incredibly important role as an epic poet.

他想保持自己的童贞,为了准备和保持作为史诗诗人这个无比重要的角色。

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