这只不过是我们一直在讨论的一种想法。

It's just an idea we've been batting around.

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使他吃惊的是这样一种想法：因为一个人有良好的风度就去抓他，那是什么事情呢？

What arrested him was this reflection: To claw a man because he is good form, what would that be?

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我有一种想法，就是对我们来说，世界是一个我们所站立的平坦的东西，而对鸟来说是一个它们所依靠的峭壁。

I have this theory that, to us the world is a flat thing we stand on, but to birds it is a cliff they cling to.

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It will surface back up in another piece of work or another idea at some point in your life.

在某个时刻，旧点子会以另一种形式重新出现,或者另一个想法在会出现在你的生活中。

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but it's still a great way to express yourself in these situations and many more similar situations.

但是在上述的情况以及类似的情况中，这是一种表达你想法的理想方式。

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And inevitably, something new comes along, a new idea, a new fashion, a new country, a new world, whatever.

然而不可避免的是新事物的出现，一个新想法，一种新时尚，一个新国家，一个新世界等等等等。

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