With the recent spike in food prices around the world that you've all heard of because of rising energy costs.

大家都听说了,由于能源价格上升,导致了全球食品价格的飞涨

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If we did a--if we go another two decimals-- if we did a million policies, then we would--this would almost just be a spike here at that point, so that's the concept of insurance.

如果我们在一万后面加两个零,如果我们签了一百万份保单,那么这条曲线基本就是尖形了,这些都是保险的相关概念

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Yeah, you are going to have a spike in your level of wellbeing-- I'm sure you had a spike in your level of wellbeing when you got this acceptance letter, but very quickly we go back to our base level.

没错，你们会感觉极至的幸福-,我肯定拿到录取信时,你们的幸福感也达到峰值，但很快又恢复到基础水平。

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