So we're only looking at a snapshot of that very first moment in time.

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At that fateful moment, Adam and Eve are standing together at the tree, and although only the woman and the serpent speak, Adam was present, and it seems he accepted the fruit that his wife handed him.

在那非同寻常的时刻，亚当和夏娃一起站在树下,尽管，只有女人和蛇在说话，但是亚当确实在场,而且接受了妻子递过来的果实。

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Just imagine a philologist being confronted with the idea that the meaning of words at a certain historical moment isn't the only thing that matters in understanding the meaning of a poem.

想象一下，一个语言学家看到一个理论指出,一个字在特定历史阶段的语义,不是影响诗歌意思理解的,唯一因素。

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