The memorial was an upbeat celebration of Michael Jackson's music, with local talent taking the stage to sing his hits or imitate his complex and iconic dance moves.

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So, that's one small way in the language that they practiced tried to imitate the experience that they were immersing themselves in.

这是语言上的一种方式,他们试图用语言来模仿,他们沉浸其中的体验。

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I think you should have to watch out. Don't imitate it. Make your own.

你要当心。不要去模仿。做你们自己的节目。

美国偶像 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Socrates understands that those who want to reform others must reform themselves, but many who've tried to imitate him have been less careful.

苏格拉底了解到,那些想改革他人者,必需先自我改革，但许多尝试,模仿他的人并没有仔细分辨这一点。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

And so, when he tries to imitate Buddy, she finds him out very quickly.

因此，当他试图模仿巴蒂时，她很快就发现了。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

We cannot say writing came into being belatedly with respect to speech in order to reproduce, imitate, or transcribe speech.

我们不能说书写比演讲产生得更晚,是为了复制，模仿，或者是记录下演讲的内容。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

Skinner, in his book Verbal Behavior, talks about the question of why do we do things like talk to ourselves, imitate sounds, create art, give bad news to an enemy, fantasize about pleasant situations?

斯金纳在其《言语行为》一书中，描述了我们展现各种行为的原因,如自言自语，声音模仿，创造艺术，向敌人散布坏消息，幻想美好情景等等？

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

So you need the mathematics to imitate reality.

你需要数学来模拟显示。

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