He philosophized, he admitted, not because he was certain of establishing the truth, but because it gave him pleasure.

他承认自己反复推究不是因为他确定找到了真理，而是因为那给了他很多乐趣。

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This task was meant to be similar to learning about animal species in a biology lesson. It used aliens in place of actual species to be certain that the participants could not draw on prior knowledge.

这项任务旨在模拟生物课上学习动物种类的过程，它之所以用外星生物代替实际物种，是为了确保测试者不会凭借其原有的知识进行记忆。

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I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of which was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets.

我意识到，生活中有些东西我还没有体验过，其中之一就是做一个沿街乞讨的流浪汉滋味如何。

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He said he was also worried that it was not yet certain if an inspector would stay in the south of the county to oversee operations throughout his constituency.

BBC: Ludlow MP fears 999 response teams may go

Professor Michael Shaw, a plant health expert at the University of Reading, who was not involved in the research, said it was a step towards understanding why certain strains of the fungus cause disease while others are benign.

BBC: Ash fungus genetic data released

This circumstance was pretty unique in that Secretary Bryson was alone, was not with a security detail, was on private time, which is common for certain members of the Cabinet, and it resulted in him being -- both having a seizure and ending up in the hospital.

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