Even if you can't think how to help, try just listening: Tell your friend you know it must be hard and that you'll be there for support no matter what.

如果你不知道怎样去帮助他，试试只去聆听吧：告诉你的朋友你知道他现在很艰难而且无论发生什么你都会支持他。

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"You can't help but be intimidated by the complexity of it all," Jones says. "Just when you think you're getting a handle on it, you realize that you haven't even scratched the surface."

琼斯说，“你不能不被它巨大的复杂性吓倒，就在你刚刚自认为，终于知道如何对付它的时候，你突然意识到，现在你连皮毛都没有摸到。”

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You can't help being influenced by this, and it's one reason why 'playing it cool' is such an attractive trait, even if it's such an easily contrived one.

你没有办法不被这个所影响，这也是为什么“耍酷”是如此让人着迷的特质的原因，即使这种特质可以轻而易举地表现出来。

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Yet when you consider the herculean challenge of getting it here, even in today's high-tech world, you can't help feeling awestruck by the natural world and humanity's relative insignificance.

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