来自《林肯 第0集》

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  but I read Euclid,
  但是在一本借到的旧书上
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  in an old book I borrowed.
  读过欧几里得
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  Little enough ever found its way in here, but...
  这里没有理解住多少 但是
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  once learnt it stayed learnt.
  一旦学会就永远都记得
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  Euclid's first common notion is this:
  欧几里得的第一条公理就是
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  "Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to each other."
  等于同量的量彼此相等
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  That's a rule of mathematical reasoning.
  这是数理的规则
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  It's true because it works.
  它是对的 因为适用
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  Has done and always will do.
  能而且永远适用
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  In his book, hmm...
  在书里
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  Euclid says this is "self-evident."
  欧几里得称此为自证
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  D'you see, there it is, even in that two thousand year old book of mechanical law:
  看到吗 就算是两千年前的数理定律