When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true.

当伐木工人来到第三棵树的时候，第三棵树很害怕，因为如果它被砍倒，它的梦想将不会实现。

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What often catches people by surprise, though, is that the opposite is also true: adding the mice to a system tuned for elephants results in lots of frightened elephants.

然而，通常令人猝急不防的是，反过来也是如此：向为大象而优化的系统添加老鼠，会导致大量受惊的大象。

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It was strange, she would say, but true, that men were frightened of funny women.

她说虽然很奇怪，但千真万确的是，男人们很害怕那些会开玩笑的女人。

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