We're not being merely churlish, I think, if we want to ask why someone would want to write a poem in such a form.

我们要问为什么会有人,想要写这种形式的诗并非毫无道理。

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Those of you who think it's not okay, none of these, should ask yourself why and should then scrutinize your reasons.

认为有问题的人，觉得这些例子都有问题的应该问自己为什么,然后仔细推敲自己的理由。

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Which is sort of the question we'd immediately like to ask. Instead, I asked why did it produce the result it did. So I'm not asking myself what's wrong? Or how could I make it right?

其实这个问题我们马上就要问,我问了为什么它会返回这样的结果,因此我并没有去在意哪儿错了,或者我该怎么改正它，我在意的是它？

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You're not on the run from the FBI? We can ask you why?

请问没被FBI通缉吧?

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The first step to insight is to ask questions like why do things fall down and not up?

起初的洞察力是问问题,为什么物体坠地而不是上升？

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So the right question to ask may not be, " "Why are some things unconscious?"

因此，问题或许不该是，“为什么有些心理活动是无意识的“

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