So, if you want to designate anything it has to be by tangible things like pottery,particularly painted pottery,because it's easier to categorize.

所以 如果你想标注某段时期,你必须借助有形的事物,就像陶器,尤其是彩绘陶器,因为它们更容易分类

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So, when you see this object over here you categorize it as a chair and you recognize that you could probably sit on it.

当你看到这边的这件物体,你就把它划到椅子的类别下,然后你就知道你可以坐上去。

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Accent is something somewhat difficult to define and categorize.

重音是很难定义和分辨的。

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What's interesting though is we also categorize types of people.

但有趣的是，我们还会给人划分类别。

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