You don't have to do it in the paper, but it should be an argument that has something to say back to those obvious things.

你们不需要在论文里这样做，但是争论中应该,存在一些东西是关于那些明显的事情的。

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So Milton will continually be saying in his prose tracts, "Oh! I just had an idea. Dear reader, before I go on, perhaps I should say something about myself. I need to explain something to you about where I'm coming from. You wonder who I am to tell you this?

所以弥尔顿会在他的散文中不停地说，“哦！我有一个主意，亲爱的读者，在我继续下去之前,也许我应该介绍下自己，我需要向你们,解释一下我从哪里来，你们会想我是谁呀？

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