Humans eat, sleep and play, but we also speak, plot, rationalise and debate finer points of morality.

人类吃饭、睡觉、玩耍，但也会谈论、策划、以及对更完善的道德观点进行合理化和辩论。

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Before the secrets are revealed to the main characters, the plot of the play proceeds as a series of sort of up and down moments.

在这些秘密被透露给主要角色之前，该戏剧的情节是一系列跌宕起伏的片段。

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Now, the plot of a well-made play is usually driven by secrets.

现在，一部好剧本的情节通常是由秘密推动的。

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The band takes its name from one of the many plays Muhl wrote when she was a child, and here she goes into some detail about the imaginative plot of that play.

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Within the plot of the play at least, in one case, the land appeared to be falling rather than the sea-level rising, and in another, both land and sea were rising together, thus disguising the reality of sea-level rise, but within the plot, a university department would lose a lucrative grant if they told the truth.

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That's a lot of plot for one play, especially when it contains 18 characters whose personal relationships are so knotty that they're outlined in the cast list.

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