I don't see it in material terms-it is a part of my soul.

我不是从材质上看待它——它是我灵魂的一部分。

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We didn't have a clue back then how to explain life in material terms.

在那个年代，我们还不知道如何从物质的角度去解释生命？

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And we ask ourselves, "could it possibly be that life could be explained in material terms?"

我们问自己，从物质的角度来解释生命呢。

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And we ask ourselves, "Could it possibly be that life could be explained in material terms?"

我们问自己,从物质的角度来解释生命呢

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So I guess in terms of material, I love things that are unexpected in that

所以在素材方面，我比较喜欢令人意想不到的东西，

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We didn't have a clue back then how to explain life in material terms.

在那个年代,我们还不知道如何从物质的角度去解释生命

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Many of the children adopted from Uganda are given a better shot at life overseas - certainly in material terms -- but the speed and ease of the process has many observers worried.

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Senators are on notice that New START establishes a Bilateral Consultative Commission (BCC) that can, and surely will, make deals that affect the treaty's terms in material ways - and do so without the Senate's advice or consent.

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Note that the real return since 1926 is almost 1% per year higher, a fairly material difference in terms of returns, and yet the nominal return was almost identical (9.9% annually since 1926 versus only a slightly lower 9.7% since 1957).

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