And,again,to us in the modern world, if you didn't already have some exposure to religious narratives like this,that would sound odd.

同样的，对现代人来说，如果没接触过这类宗教描述,可能会觉得奇怪。

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It doesn't sound right when other men are out there dying, so they raised taxes during World War One.

在有人战死沙场的时候,发战争财是件龌龊的事情，所以他们在第一次世界大战时这么做了。

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So it would sound familiar to you in the ancient world.

这在古代你会觉得很熟悉。

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And what this means is we can use --take any arbitrary idea in the world, the idea of a chair or a story or a country, and make a sound or a sign to connect to it.

符号任意性是指,我们可以拿来世间任何想法,比如椅子,故事,或是国家,再发明一种声音或符号来与之相联系

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