由于对自然的原因了解甚少，它把所希望的和不希望发生的事情都归因于超自然的或魔法的力量，并寻找方法来赢得这些力量的青睐。

Having little understanding of natural causes, it attributes both desirable and undesirable occurrences to supernatural or magical forces, and it searches for means to win the favor of these forces.

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他可能把这种方法理解为一种不友善的行为。

He may construe the approach as a hostile act.

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如果它是在打击几乎完全依赖广告业务的谷歌，那么它选择了一个不直接的方法：因为没人能保证默认 DNT 模式会成为常规。

If it is trying to upset Google, which relies almost wholly on advertising, it has chosen an indirect method: there is no guarantee that DNT by default will become the norm.

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The first is, that while God's promise is sure, the manner and the timing of its fulfillment is quite unpredictable.

首先是，上帝的承诺是确定无疑的，但实现的方法和时机却都是不可知的。

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There's a problem with that and the problem is that countries that are less successful don't keep data--that's a problem.

但这个研究方法也有问题,在那些不太成功的国家里,数据并不充分,这是个问题

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Remember that way that Franny can identify the timbre of her brother's voice very specifically: it's like no other.

记住Franny识别她哥哥,声音的特殊方法：，他不像其他的那样。

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