Prior knowledge frequently has no effect on the actual outcome of the event – we’ll get the same grade regardless – and yet we still desperately want to know.

先验知识常常对事情实际结果没有影响——我们还是会得到同样的成绩——然而我们还是极度想知道。

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The Homestead Act of 1862 is no longer in effect, but free land is still available out there in the great wide open (often literally in the great wide open).

尽管1862年颁布的宅地法已不在生效，但是免费白给的土地仍在广柔的土地上出现(通常是照字面理解的广柔的土地)。

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Helicopters have dumped approximately 30 tons of seawater on the No. 3 reactor building to attempt to cool it down, but officials are still trying to figure out if it had any effect.

为了使三号反应堆冷却，直升机已经在那里倾泻了30多吨海水，但是官方仍然无法知道此方法是否有效。

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"This study is still five times below the highest dose at which no adverse effect has been found, " he says.

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And even if QE has no effect on economic growth, it may still be rational for investors to buy equities.

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Negotiations on the export of natural gas are still stalled over price, which is no wonder given the effect of the shale gas revolution on the world market.

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