Each held a spoon that reached the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer than their own arms that it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths.

每个人手里都拿一把能够得着锅里肉的勺子，但每把勺子的柄都比他们的胳膊长得太多，他们无法用这把勺子把肉送进自己的嘴里。

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More broadly, though, humanity's unusual shrinking brain just may be the price our species pays for living so much longer than other primates, experts said.

然而，专家指出，从更广泛的角度来说，人类特有的脑萎缩现象也许只是我们这个物种的寿命远超其他灵长目动物所需付出的代价。

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Now, he's using a much longer sample than I did, so he's not going to get this tangency portfolio that I did.

他的样本跨度比我的要大多了，所以他得出的切线资产组合会和我的不同。

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So I'm not here for very much longer because I'm moving to Paris.

我不会在这里呆很长时间，因为我要搬去巴黎。

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I want to share some of that with you so you can fast forward and get the understanding that took me much longer to get.

我想和你们分享一下心得,这样你们就能更快地进步,并理解我当初花了很久才理解的东西

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Tasks that were once simple take so much longer.

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That may be true today, but it is unlikely to remain so for much longer.

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Yes, but the odds of doing so are much longer than in the special, and the Republican will start off as a substantial underdog.

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