It is necessary that a critic develop a sensibility informed by familiarity with the history of art and aesthetic theory.

批评家必须在熟悉艺术史和美学理论的基础上培养一种感性。

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Now the word theory has a very complicated etymological history that I won't trouble you with.

理论这个词的词源非常复杂,你们不需要了解。

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History is littered with examples, such as the Seiko Ruputer wristwatch computer, that sounded great in theory but turned out to be lemons in practice.

历史上不乏失败的例子，如精工生产的Ruputer腕表电脑，虽然理念很棒，但在实际销售中却少人问津。

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Now the word theory has a very complicated etymological history that I won't trouble you with.

理论这个词的词源非常复杂,你们不需要了解。

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You remember in the first lecture I said there's a difference between the history of criticism and theory of literature, one difference being that the history of criticism has a great deal to do with literary evaluation: that is to say, why do we care about literature and how can we find means of saying that it's good or not good?

你们还记得吗，第一节课我说过,文学评论历史和文学理论有一个重大区别，那就是文学评论的历史,很大程度上与文学评估有关：,意思就是我们为什么要关心文学,还有我们怎么能说一部作品是好还是坏？

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The issues are many, but at least one expert familiar with tax theory and history, Columbia University Law School Professor Michael Graetz, plans a partial Roth conversion early next year.

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In the end, Mr. Kurlantzick's tendentious account of U.S. policy and actions is yet another example of developing a theory to explain history, then picking events and opinions mixed with facts to prove it.

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This serenity is hard to reconcile with the history of violent smash-ups that the heap-of-rubble theory demands.

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