Don't wear an expensive ring; it might get stolen.

不要戴太贵的戒指——太贵的有可能会被偷。

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If our hunter-gatherer ancestors hung on to food, it might rot, it might get stolen, and they might not live long to enjoy it.

如果那些靠集体打猎为生的祖先们将收获的猎物挂起来，它们很可能会烂掉或者被偷走，或者猎人们还没来得及享用它们自己就先死掉了。

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So you build it with a material like silver and gold, and then you encounter the problems of society that your bridge might get stolen because somebody thinks they have a better use for silver and gold than your bridge.

但如果你用金或银这样的材料,你又会面对新的问题,你的桥会被偷走,因为有人认为金和银有比造桥更好的用途

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