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It's easiest to explain things to your kids when you can show them something physical.

当你能用现实中的事物展示给孩子们的时候更容易让他们理解。

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It may be needed in a dangerous situation where we might need to do something physical or verbal beyond our normal capacity.

在一种危险的情况下，我们可能需要愤怒来使我们做一些超过我们正常能力的身体上或语言上的事情。

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Or maybe,instead of a radio signal, an alien civilization sent us something physical.

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We can certainly think about the forms, but if they're non-physical they can't be grasped by something physical like the body.

我们当然能想象型相,但假如他们是非现实的,他们将不能被现实的事物,比如肉体,所认知

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How do we relate this to something physical?

我们怎样把这个式子？

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In some fields, it is direct and obvious, like operating a tool or machine or creating something physical.

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For one thing, people are more likely to spend less when they have to hand over something physical, even if it just paper.

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Further down the road we might see the virtual technology embody something physical, i.e. a robotic assistant capable of performing actionable tasks, not unlike Rosie from The Jetsons.

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