We don't have an enormous difficulty grasping them, and it doesn't seem to me that our capability of grasping irony is founded on a necessary, underlying agreement.

我们在理解时不会用很大困难，而且我认为，我们理解讽刺的能力,是建立在必要的，潜在的共识之上的。

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For example, they help us think beyond what we are thinking right now, broaden our thinking; they help us build relationships; they help us build capacities-- remember one of the key concepts of this course is the positive emotions, positive psychology as a field as a whole, is about building capacities.

比如它们有助我们超越,现在的思考范畴，拓展我们的思想;,有助我们建立人际关系;,帮助我们建立能力-,这门课的一个主要概念,就是积极情绪，积极心理学，就是要建立能力。

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