And there is a very big difference between these two simplicities, even though on the face of it, they may at times look similar.

这两种简单性之间有很大的区别，尽管乍看起来，他们有时也许是相似的。

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What he quotes from Levi-Strauss would seem, on the face of it, to have exactly the same kinds of reservation and hesitation about the emergence or birth of language that Derrida himself has.

他引用列维，施特劳斯的部分看上去，乍看起来，与德里达有同样的保留和迟疑,关于语言的诞生。

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On the face of it, Locke is a powerful ally of the libertarian.

表面上看，洛克是自由主义的强力盟友。

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On the face of it the answer to that seems yes.

表面上看来，答案好像是“有。

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So, with these questions in mind, I want you think about how we can see the novel and how we can think about it in the face of the interpretation that's already layered on to it.

所以，带着这些问题，我想让你们想一下,在已经有解释的情况下,我们应该如何去看,如何去思考这部小说？

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