来自《耶鲁大学开放课程—哲学：死亡 第1集 第1集》

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  but it won't lower your grade.
  而不会使你的分数变少
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  Nonparticipation, or not being there,
  不参与 或是不出勤
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  that will lower your participation grade.
  那将会扣分
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  Any question about any of that?
  有任何问题关于这个的吗
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  All right.
  那好
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  So I'm sorry to have sort of the long gloom and doom,
  我抱歉说了这么冗长的规矩
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  but it seems that it's only fair to let you know
  但这些可以让你们了解
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  what you're getting into.
  你们将要面对什么
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  One other remark about the discussion sections.
  另一个关于小组讨论我要强调的是
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  The way I think of it is like
  我认为这就像是
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  the conversation hour for your foreign language class.
  你们在外语课堂上的对话时间
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  How many of you have had a philosophy class before?
  你们中有多少人以前上过哲学课