The eggs hatch in about ten days, but platypus infants are the size of lima beans and totally helpless.

蛋大约在十天内孵化，不过，鸭嘴兽的幼仔只有青豆大小，完全无法自立。

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But that's not what most of us tend to do. When we get laid off, we feel singled out and helpless.

可惜这种做法不是我们大多数人所倾向的，当被解雇时，多数人会感到孤单和无助，并且可能变得激动、怀恨在心和悲伤。

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Children became more competent, and less helpless. But this was all common sense.

孩子们变得更有竞争力，不再感到无助，而这些其实都是常识，几乎人人都知道。

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They destroy these helpless but stoic humans who are chafing under their tyrannical and unjust and uncaring rule. In the biblical story, when the Israelites told the story, they modified it.

他们把那些在他们残暴，不公平统治下,无助又愤愤不平的人,全部消灭了，当犹太人来讲这个故事时，他们对此做了修改。

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