It turns out that when you're talking about macroscopic properties of matter, you don't need very many variables to describe the system completely thermodynamically.

实际上,当你谈及物质的宏观性质时，你并不需要很多变量才能从热力学上,完整地描述这个系统，’

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You don't have to worry, we're definitely talking about trace, trace amounts.

但你不必担心，我们所说的绝对是非常，非常微量的。

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I don't want you to just start talking, but raise your hand.

举手吧，我不想你们只是开始说。

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