So let's take our one model that we keep going back to Equation of state, and just see how it works.

我们回到经常使用的理想气体模型,或者说状态方程。

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Like, um, in our Psych. class, we set up an experiment to study how memory works,

嗯，我们在心理班做一个实验，研究记忆是怎么运行的，

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As with the passage on the falling of the leaves there's a kind of elegiac tone that works to undo, or at least to challenge, our theological certainty.

在描写落叶的段落里,有一种挽歌式的腔调，似乎要抹掉，至少是挑战神学上的确定性。

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And that's basically trying to make sure our program has not regressed, as to say, gone backwards in how well it works. And so we always test it on everything.

这只是从根本上确保,我们的程序并没往后退，也就是说在可用性方面倒退了,因此我们在任何东西上,都要进行这样的测试。

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So first, let's start with the one that we already know, and make sure that it still works, starting from here, mainly our isolated system.

首先，我们从我们已知的一个例子入手，看看这个判据是否正确，从绝热系统出发。

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Our question is, do we think it works or not?

问题是,我们认为它说得通吗

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Even if the research doesn't always communicate good news, it's about communicating what works, what is real, as opposed to our dreams , our desires, our hopes, our wishes-- that's not enough.

即使研究并非总是传达好消息，它传达的是行之有效的方法，可为的方式而不是空洞的梦想，渴望，希望，愿望-,那远远不够。

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We know, of course, that Adam and Eve are going to eat the stupid fruit; but Milton is developing a style that works to resist our drive to get to the end of the story.

我们知道亚当夏娃会吃掉那愚蠢的果子;,但弥尔顿创造了一种体式,抗拒我们想要读到故事结局的冲动。

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