A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

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Just imagine a philologist being confronted with the idea that the meaning of words at a certain historical moment isn't the only thing that matters in understanding the meaning of a poem.

想象一下，一个语言学家看到一个理论指出,一个字在特定历史阶段的语义,不是影响诗歌意思理解的,唯一因素。

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As I say, the dualist position, as we're understanding it, is not a view that says there are only minds, there are no bodies.

前面已经谈到,二元论,就我们的理解,并不认为只有心灵而没有肉体

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So clear sense of your core competence and direction, intelligence and understanding not only with your own people are doing but what's going on in academia and in startups, and then the willingness to take some risk that would be what I'd say.

清楚的了解你的核心竞争力和方向，才干，并了解你的伙伴在做什么,以及学术环境和创业环境的发展，然后要有冒险的动力,这就是我要讲的。

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