her brothers were eleven and nine: unusually young actors, we might think, to be engaged in such high-flying philosophical debates as these two characters find themselves in.

分别是11岁和9岁，不寻常的小演员，我们可能会想，他们来演这雄心壮志的哲学辩论,是怎么样的。

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These two characters are as if there is a wall between them, a wall of foam.

在这两者之间,就像是有一堵墙，一堵用泡沫筑成的墙。

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