Instead,he tried to describe a situation so well that the reader would understand the emotion in it.

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If people thought the stock was overpriced, well, people would have tried to sell it, and it would have come down.

如果人们觉得股票价格过高，人们就会把它卖了，价格就会下降。

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We're exhausting all possibilities. And then choosing the winner. Well, that's what the slow thief tried. Unfortunately it took so long that before he finished the owner returned home, called the police and the thief ended up in jail.

我们穷举了所有可能方案,然后选择最优方案,这就是动作慢的贼的方案,不幸的是它在失主回家之前，要花上了太长的时间。

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