An excess of things may seem wonderful when you imagine them, but when you actually get them they lose the magic you imagined.

一些额外的东西可能在你的想象中很美好，但是当你真正地获得这些时，它们就失去了你所想象的那种魔力。

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But of course, when you imagine the Cheshire cat only having the smile there, you're still imagining the cat's lips, teeth, maybe tongue, whatever it is.

但是当然，当你想象笑脸猫只剩下微笑的时候，你仍然想象着它的嘴唇，牙齿或许还有舌头，不管是什么？

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You can imagine that when Maori first arrived in the new country, in New Zealand, it may have taken some time to find suitable materials for their kites.

你可以想象，当毛利人第一次来到新西兰这个新国家的时候，他们可能花了一些时间才找到适合制作轻帆的材料。

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But of course, when you imagine the Cheshire Cat only having the smile there, you're still imagining the cat's lips, teeth, maybe tongue, whatever it is.

但是当然,当你想象笑脸猫只剩下微笑的时候,你仍然想象着它的嘴唇,牙齿 或许还有舌头,不管是什么

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There's all these pleasures of experiencing art and seeing a beautiful sunset. And I don't know about you, but at least when I imagine the rat lever thing, it's a sort of simple, undifferentiated pleasure.

体验艺术是快乐的,观赏美丽的日落是快乐的，我不了解你们，但当我想象老鼠杠杆时，那是一种简单，单调的快乐。

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I mean, you should not imagine when I say slaves--just take out of your mind the plantations of the old South, because when you only have one or two slaves, the master is working right alongside them, doing exactly the same work that they are doing, and also instructing them and telling them what's what.

我的意思是,当我们提到奴隶的时候,大家不要想当然地联想到南部种植园,因为当你只有一两个奴隶时,奴隶主必须要和奴隶一起劳作,做着和奴隶一样的农活,并且不断告诉他们要做什么

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So imagine the shock when you see plenty of white males and only a relative handful of people who look like you.

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We can imagine the day when you'll be able to charge the battery on your plug-in hybrid car at night, because your smart meter reminded you that nighttime electricity is cheapest.

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As you can imagine, when that happens, and the numbers suddenly become indistinct or contradictory, panic ensues.

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