What did we lose in our understanding of it as a literary object when the second half was not published?

将它置于文学作品之列来理解时,我们失去了什么？,书的后半部分没出版时？

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In other words what happens to people's health as they lose weight and then regain it repeatedly over a period time?

换言之,在一段时期内反复增重减重,对人们的健康有什么影响

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It's a long version of the rich get richer and the poor even lose what they hath.

简单来说，意思就是富的变得越富,穷的变得越穷。

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