First of all consider an oak tree in a forest of oak trees.

首先想象一下一片橡树林中的某一棵橡树。

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An acorn knows it's supposed to turn into an oak tree, but there's no specific plan for the oak tree it will become.

一粒橡果最终将会长成橡树是确定的，但是这棵橡树到底长成什么样子，确实无法计划的。

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But so has every acorn the essentials for making a great oak tree, yet the Japanese show us that even an oak may be stunted by continual pruning of its shoots.

但是日本的说法是，即便橡子也拥有长成参天大树的各种必须条件，但是如果我们不停的对它的新枝进行修剪，它也只能长得十分矮小。

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