来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：新生有机化学 第1集 第1集》

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  and Newton replied, four days later,
  在四天后 牛顿回信了
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  "What is the expectation or hope of A
  你对A组的期望是什么
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  to throw every time one six, at least, with six dyes?"
  掷出六个骰子 至少有一个六
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  So you get two sixes you still win;
  那么 你掷出两个六也算赢
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  that wasn't clear in the original statement.
  原来的叙述并不是很清楚
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  So he says, "If we formulate the question that way,
  于是他说 如果我们将问题设定成这样
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  it appears by an easy computation that
  由一个简单的计算就能得出
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  the expectation of A is greater than B or C;
  A的期望值大于B或C
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  that is, the task of A is the easiest."
  就是说任务A是最简单的
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  There's the answer.
  这就是答案
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  So Pepys replied on the sixth of December:
  佩皮斯在十二月六日回信说
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  "You give it in favour of the Expectations of A,
  你给了A较佳的期望值