The reader projects before himself a meaning for the text as a whole as soon as some initial meaning emerges in the text.

一旦文本开始构成意义读者,就会对整个文本,做出自己的解读。

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The Ark was a visible sign of his presence and it marched before them And soon after the conquest representatives of all of the tribes of Israel are going to meet and make a solemn covenant at Shechem to be the people of Yahweh, to worship him alone.

约柜便是他现身的标志，它在他们面前行进,在征服之后，以色列各个支派的代表们,将要会面并且在示剑订立神圣的契约,立约做耶和华的子民，只对他崇拜。

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You may take on a long-term project and then die before you've been able to complete it; or alternatively, you may peak too soon and then continue to stick around in an anti-climactic way.

你可能承担了一个长期的项目,然后在你能完成之前就死了，或者，你可能太快达到人生高峰,然后继续在平淡中徘徊。

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