And this suggests that the ability to learn language and understand language is to some extent separate from these other aspects of mental life.

这表明学习语言和理解语言的能力,在某种程度上是独立于,其他方面的心理活动的

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.. If you can find assets that all have-- that are all independent of each other, you can reduce the variance of the portfolio very far.

如果你能找到这样的一些资产-,一些相互独立的资产，就能很大程度上缩小这个投资组合的方差。

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Oil, bonds, and stocks are all independent-- somewhat independent--they're not perfectly independent, but they're somewhat independent and, to the extent that they are, it lowers the variance.

石油，债券和股票都是互相独立-,一定程度上独立，不是绝对的独立，但一定程度上独立，可以使方差值变小，降低风险。

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