来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第1集 第1集》

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  that's some kind of an F.
  那大概就是F了
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  So the fact of the matter is many of you in your initial papers
  实际上 你们中很多人在第一篇论文上
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  will get lower grades than you've probably
  所得的分数可能比
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  ever gotten before in your life.
  你们这小半辈子得过的都低
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  I wanted to warn you about that.
  我只是想要警告你们一下
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  Now I say this not so much to depress the hell out of you,
  我说这些不是想吓坏你们
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  but (a) partly to warn you,
  只是警告你们一下
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  and (b) to make it clear that I believe that it's a skill.
  并且说清楚 我认为这只是种技能
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  Writing a good philosophy paper is a skill
  写一篇好哲学论文是一种技巧
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  and you can get better at it.
  并且你会越写越好
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  Consequently, most of you will get better at it.
  因此 你们中大部分人会做得越来越好
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  So let me make the following remark.
  所以 让我把下面的话说完