By the end of the first chapter, requests were coming from the back seat: "Please read a little louder."

在第一章的末尾，后座传来请求：“请读大声一点。”

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The first chapter is really a preface.

第一章是序言。

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"It's a difficult first chapter, and a mesmerizing one."

第一章是令人难过的一章，也是令人痴迷的一章。

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Experts say for any chance of normal relations between Turkey and Armenia in the future, Ankara and Yerevan must first resolve a very painful chapter in their past.

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so why do you have the second chapter of this book retell the same story that the first chapter of the book told?

为什么一本书的第二章,要重复一遍第一章说过的故事？

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So, let's just begin with that first chapter, the tiny chapter Chapter 1.

让我们开始第一章，很短的第一章。

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Strip out all the flawed heuristics, just give me the first chapter and nothing else.

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That said, after reading the first chapter I was hooked and ordered the book.

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Pretend that the first chapter of your long-overdue opus is a casual letter to your grandmother.

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