Now arrogant as I may be, I don't mean to suggest I'm any more impressive than you guys are.

虽然我这么说挺自大的,但我的意思并不是,我比你们这帮人更了不起

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Much like the opportunities in the word "plastic," I think it's useful to suggest that this sense of gapping a spark plug may have some relevance to our understanding of what goes on in this reading process.

就像说到“塑料“时的几种可能性“,值得一说的是，这种火花塞间隙的概念,可能与我们的阅读有关,它让我们了解到阅读过程到底是怎样的。

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