The fact that our happiness is tied to others, the fact that we are tied to others in a web of empathy-- that's a wonderful thing about human nature.

我们的快乐与他人的相关连，我们通过同情网络和他人相关连-,那是人性的美妙之处。

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We also, therefore, have no sense that God is imminent in nature or tied to natural substances or phenomena.

我们也不知道自然中神灵将要诞生,或者是与某些自然物质及自然现象有关。

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The other threat is eonomic, and all the economic issues are tied in my judgement, to the same core problem which is the long-term fiscal challenge that this country faces.

另一个威胁是经济方面的，我认为所有的经济问题,都和一个核心的问题分不开,就是我们国家面临的,长期财政挑战。

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