But interestingly,things look rather different if we accept not the personality theory, but instead,the body theory.

但有趣的是，如果我们接受的不是人格理论，而是肉体理论，事情会有所不同。

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You can be very indirect and just express what you'd rather do instead.

你可以非常间接地表达你宁愿做其他一些事情。

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And, so, you had this rather odd situation where instead of dogs guarding their masters or mistresses, you had the masters and mistresses guarding the dogs against people who would take the dogs and, unfortunately, kill them and eat them.

真是因为如此,产生了一种奇怪的现象,通常情况下是狗来守护主人的,而现在呢,主人必须时时刻刻保护自己的狗,以免被人抓去宰了吃

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