He was afraid he would do something dumb such as forget his hat or step in the water, and then people would give him another dot.

他怕又做出什么傻事，像是忘了帽子或是踩进水里，那样别人就会再给他一个灰点。

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As time passes, they forget more and more.

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So, remember this makes sense if you just think of it as a wave and forget the particle part of it for right now, because that would be very upsetting to think about and that's not, in fact, what's going on, we're talking about quantum mechanics here.

记住如果你们把它看做是一个波,而忘记它是一个粒子时，这就是可以理解的了，因为如果把它看做,一个粒子就行不通了，实际上也不是这样的，这里我们是以量子力学的角度来考虑问题。

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but it is imperative that you do not forget things as simple as brushing your teeth.

但不要忘记像刷牙这样的小事也是必须的。

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The ECB, IMF, Sakozy and Merkel may as well forget their Greek problems as small fry now, as Italy and Spain are on the cliff top and about to tip into the abyss and, if they do, France will likely follow.

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Forget them, and you might as well forget everything else.

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Easy as it can be to forget as we scrutinize the contracts and obligations and weigh them against the team's future needs, the Yankees are in the business not of getting the most wins for their dollar, but the most wins, and ancient players aren't going to hurt the cause.

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