首先，我试图理解和记忆的一个词，在特定情况下出现的意义。

First, I tried to understand and memorize the specific meaning of a word that appears in the context.

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我渴望知道星星为什么闪闪发光，我试图理解毕达哥拉斯的思想威力，即数字支配着万物流转。

I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux.

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我已经不再试图构建和理解水汽的分布和演变的理论模式了。

I have moved from trying to model and understand the distribution and evolution of water vapour.

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When I try to get you to grasp how physicalist think about the mind, I use examples about computers and robots and the like.

当我试图让你们理解,物理学家怎样思考精神，我用了电脑,和机器人的例子。

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