一个年幼的蛇问它的母亲。

The young snake asked his mother.

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你可以谈论它，问它问题，甚至与它辩论。

You can talk to it and ask it questions, or even argue with it.

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长颈鹿和大象被吓坏了，它们看着狮子问它：“狮子，你为什么要打小白兔呢？”

As the giraffe and elephant watch in horror, they look at him and ask, "Lion, why did you do this?"

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Lane looked faintly interrupted. "Why what?" " Why did you think it was going to go over like a lead balloon?"

莱恩微弱的问，什么为什么“,为什么你认为它像一个领头气球“

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That is to say, if something causes literature, there must be some sort of authority behind it and therefore we find ourselves asking, "What is an author?"

即是说，如果文学有缘由的，它的背后一定存在作者,所以我们会问，“作者是谁？“

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By the way, when I say there's 10 Newtons acting this way, you might say, "What about gravity? What about the table?"

顺便提一下我说有 10 牛的作用力,你也许会问,"那重力呢,桌子对它的力呢"

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