At each cross-section, people are either willing to use a certain sign in a certain way or they're not.

在每一个横街面上，人们可以自由的,以自己的方式使用符号。

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But that way you can give me Monday to change your section if you need to, which I hope you won't.

如果需要的话，你们可以在周一换组，虽然我不希望你们改。

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When structuralism thinks about how yesterday things were different from the way they are today, it has to say: yesterday there was a certain synchronic cross-section of data, and today there's a slightly different synchronic cross-section of data.

结构主义想,昨天的事情和今天的事情如何不同时，它不得不说：,昨天有某个数据的同步剖面，今天有数据的略微不同的同步剖面。

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So it's worth knowing in a general way what you need to do to earn a good grade in discussion section and here the answer is, perhaps the obvious one, you need to participate.

现在值得让你们知道什么是你们要做的,去得到好的分数在课堂讨论并且答案是，也许最显然的一个是，你需要去参与。

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Franny and Zooey I will stop there, and please bring both On the Road and Franny and Zooey to section this week. And, by the way, one last thing: If you've been sketchy about your section attendance, I suggest that you try to pull up your socks and go.

我就说到这吧，下节课把On，the，Road和,两部小说带来课堂，顺便说一下，最后一件事：,如果你们的课堂出勤率已经很差了，我建议你们努力一点来上课。

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