Meaning on the bottom is mud, then a layer of something they presume to be oil, and on top of that a two-inch thick goop that Asper calls "slime snot," possibly made up of oil and bacteria.

这条纹状泥土底层是烂泥，其上一层科学家估计可能是原油。再往上(也就是最上面)是两英尺厚的粘稠物，Asper称其为——粘稠的鼻涕(译者注：看起来很恶心啊，这科学家幽默感不好啊)，这粘稠物极有可能是由原油和细菌组成的。

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I dare you to any such experiment. Encroach, presume, and the game is up.

看你敢不敢做这样的试验。步步进犯，肆无忌惮，那就一切都完了。

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The reasons that lead up to this role conflicts on investigator are mainly the pluralistic values of investigative, rational presume of investigative subject and the perfect expect of investigation.

导致侦查主体角色冲突的原因，主要是因为侦查价值的多元追求、侦查主体的理性假设和侦查完善主义的期待。

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Where this trips up planners is that they will often presume that because an asset received back by a debtor has the same tax value as what the debtor gave up, there could be no fraudulent transfer.

FORBES: What The Debtor Received In Return Is Key To Fraudulent Transfer Value Analysis

Some, including Bernanke himself, argue that rising asset values drive up confidence that bleeds into the very consumption that the Keynesians at the Fed presume to be the source of economic growth.

FORBES: No, The Bernanke Fed Has Not Ignited a Stock-Market Rally

The Scottish government has set up a team to take forward a programme of reform - including, one can presume, restructuring.

BBC: Sympathetic ear for 'flawed' social report