I think it's reasonable for people who are considering the study of a particular subject in a college course to ask why they should.

大家都想将这一科目,作为一门学问做深入的研习,所以这个问题显得很为必要

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But what I should also report to you is that I think there is a widespread consensus among most people that study the subject.

我之所以给你们整理出来是因为,对于这方面的研究有一个比较统一的观点

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What are these problems that constitute ? the subject matter of the study of politics?

是哪些问题,组成政治研究的题材？

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So one of my purposes of this course is to get you, whether you study Biomedical Engineering after this or not, excited about the subject so that you start thinking about how you could innovate in this area where lots of problems are still left to solve, so I'll see you on Thursday hopefully.

我这门课的目的之一就在于,无论你们继续学习生物医学工程与否,我想激发你们对这门课的兴趣,思考在这个仍旧存在诸多问题的领域中,你们能做出什么样的创新,希望在周四的课程中再见

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