We thought that the Taliban will be reduced to a minor irritating factor within 6 months to a year.

我们原以为,在六个月到一年之内塔利班分子会减少成为一个很小的势利。

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Huxley points out, "How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of the Djinn " - of the genie " when Aladdin rubs his lamp."

赫胥黎提出,"刺激人的神经组织,便能产生像意识状态这般奇异之物,这就好比阿拉丁一擦神灯,巨神灵就闪现出来一样魔幻,无法解释

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