Well, that's the sense of theory that I like to work with, and I would pause over it by saying that after all, there is a difference and practice and we shouldn't too quickly, at least, confuse the terms.

我想在此讨论的就是理论的这种解释，不过我想补充一句，理论和实践是两回事,至少我们不能混淆这两个名词。

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Even if you imagine that slaves did the work, you would need a hell of a lot of them, over a long period of time, and you had to feed them, if nothing else.

哪怕你想象这个墓穴是由奴隶所建造,那也一定是成千上万的奴隶,经过了相当长的时间工作,至少,你还要养活这些奴隶

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