The first comparison is between the number of knocks, as there is no point comparing a seven-knock sequence to a two-knock sequence.

第一个要比较的是敲打的次数，因为我们没有必要将一个七次敲打的序列与一个两次敲打的序列进行比较。

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The first comparison is between the number of tones, as there is no point comparing a seven-tone sequence to a two-tone sequence.

第一次比较是在音调的数目之间，因为比较七分音序列和二分音序列是没有意义的。

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I'm comparing every, my reference point is the pure material.

我的参考点，是纯的物质。

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Usually it's not. That was the point that discussed in my chapter comparing him to Houston's film The Dead. Houston's film is filled with sentimentality and nostalgia. Welles generally avoids that, the way James Joyce does.

通常并非如此，那正是我在比较,他的作品与休斯顿的电影《死魂灵》,的章节中所谈到的，休斯顿的电影,充满了多愁善感和怀旧情绪，而威尔斯通常,尽量避免那样做，那是詹姆斯·乔伊斯的方式。

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The point of comparing predictions to outcomes is that it helps people decide which predictions do a better job of reducing uncertainty.

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Besides, the point of comparing their performance with America is not that Canadians are in a win-or-lose race with a neighbour that happens to have one of the most dynamic economies in the world.

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At no point in this process will comparing charters or private schools and public schools reflect the largest gains of school choice.

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