Right, 'cause that means either I've been handed zero elements which mean there's really no work to be done or I've been handed one element which is a vacuous truth that it's sorted, right?

因为如果给出0个元素,那意味着不需要做任何事,如果给出1个元素，那显然,它是有序的，对吗？

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It's one element like I claimed before it's sorted and so there's no work to be done.

当有1个元素时，在比较前就知道它是有序的,那就没必要再进行比较了。

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So there is metaphysical work to be done here.

所以需要用形而上学的理论来解释。

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These results are surprising and disturbing and I said there is work to be done at an individual and group level and this young man challenged me to be more explicit about that.

这些结果都出乎意料，而且让人不安,我说过个人和群体都要下功夫,这位同学要我明确地说怎样下功夫。

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If there's no work to be done, 0 the running time is gonna be zero.

如果并不需要做什么，那么其运行时间肯定为。

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Really there's no work to be done if I am handed all in sorted order so, you know, There's no work to be done if I'm handed all of the arrays in sorted order so, you know, if I demand that you give me this assumption that the cups are already sorted and then I'll sort them for you, I mean, this is kind of a cyclical argument.

如果杯子是有序排列的,那就没必要再对它进行排序了，同样如果给出的序列本身就是有序的,那也不必再做什么，如果给出这样的假设：,杯子已经有序，但仍需要对其进行排序，这像是个循环的论点。

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If I want this one over here, so what work remains to be done?

如果我想把它放在这边，那还需要做什么呢？

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So what I want to do in this class is be honest with you and tell you, "You've really done work here to be extraordinarily proud of yourself" versus "Yeah, you've done something okay" or "You've done good work.

所以我想在这个课程里和你们坦陈相待，你们真的是在学东西,让自己及其骄傲“,而不是说你们做的差强人意“,或是你们干的不错。

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