In 1841, Northup met two men who claimed to be from a circus.

1841年，诺瑟普遇到了两个自称来自马戏团的人。

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"These are beautiful machines," said his friend, who claimed not to know his own name.

“这些机器真漂亮”，他的朋友说道，这个孩子自称不知道自己的姓名。

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He turned the remainder of his money over to an old woman who claimed to be Emil's aunt.

他把其余的钱交给了一个自称是埃米尔的姑姑的老太太。

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The young policeman thought anyone who claimed to be the emperor of the United State might be a danger to the public.

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An alternative, though, is that there's separate modules, and this is a view developed, again, by Noam Chomsky, and also by the philosopher of mind Jerry Fodor, who claimed that the whole idea of a child developing as a single story is mistaken.

而另一种观点则认为是存在独立模块的,这个观点还是诺姆·乔姆斯基提出的,心灵哲学家杰瑞·福多尔,也同样提出过类似观点,这个观点认为,将儿童发展单独看待的整个观念,都是错误的

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I have a friend who once claimed to me that he wanted to live forever so that he could have Thai food every day for the rest of, well, the rest of eternity.

一位朋友曾对我宣称,他希望永生以便在,以后无尽的日子里每天吃泰国菜。

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Here and there among the salespeople were a few who claimed to be doing damage control.

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There were investor lawsuits by investors who claimed they were sold mortgage securities built to fail.

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Think Zuckerberg, who claimed the title of youngest ever self-made billionaire at the age of 23.

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