When a brief pulse of electricity is sent to the read/write head it flips on a tiny electromagnet for a fraction of a second.

当一个简单的电脉冲被送到读写头,它会短时间内出现一个小的电磁。

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Those of you who know other languages might have in your heads 200,000 words or 300,000 words and you're accessing them in a fraction of a second.

你们当中掌握其他语言的人,可能会在头脑中记住两万到三万个词,你们能在瞬间运用它们

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You've learnt what the words mean, but you have abstract and unconscious rules that take these words, figure out the order, and in a fraction of a second, give rise to understanding.

虽然你已经知道了这些单词的意思,但却是你所拥有的抽象且无意识的规则,让你认清单词,确认语序,然后在一瞬间让你理解整个句子

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So, when you hear a sentence like, " "John thinks that Bill likes him," in a fraction of a second you realize that this means that John thinks that Bill likes John.

所以，当你听到下面这样的句子，“约翰认为比尔喜欢他“,你马上就能领会,这话的意思是,约翰认为比尔喜欢约翰。

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If you heard the sentence " "John thinks that Bill likes himself," in a fraction of a second you would think that it means " "John thinks that Bill likes Bill."

如果你听到下面这个句子,“约翰认为比尔很自恋“,你马上就能领会,这话的意思是,“约翰认为比尔喜欢比尔“

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So for instance, immediately you read "The pig is eager to eat" versus "The pig is easy to eat" and in a fraction of a second you know there's an important difference.

例如,你快速的阅读了"猪想吃东西",和"猪肉容易吃"这两句话,你在一瞬间就会懂得,这两句话之间是有很大区别的

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