我们经常看到很多新奇的想法，可再生能源动力的手机或者其他小型设备。然而我们也常常发问：这能够实现吗？

We often look at cool ideas for renewably powered cell phones and other small devices, but we just as often have to ask: is it realistic?

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我们可以发问，从狭义上说，语言拥有何种特性，然后我们可以接着发问，从广义上说，哪些其他的交流系统也同样拥有那些特性。

So we could ask, in this narrow sense, what properties do languages have and then go on to ask, in a broader sense, what other communicative systems also possess those properties.

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随着媒体开始根据信函的内容不断地发问，我也开始更上一步仔细地收集起与波拉德一案有关东西来。

As the press began to ask questions about the letter, I began researching the issues of the Pollard case more closely.

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So we could ask, in this narrow sense, what properties do languages have and then go on to ask, in a broader sense, what other communicative systems also possess those properties.

我们可以发问,从狭义上说,语言拥有何种特性,然后我们可以接着发问,从广义上说,哪些其他的交流系统也同样拥有那些特性

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