Two plus one equaled three before there were people; two plus one equals three now; two plus one will always equal three.

在人类出现之前,二加一就等于三,二加一现在等于三,并将永远等于三

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We are able to talk about the fact that two plus one equals three, but it's not as though we ever come across numbers-- number three itself--anywhere in the empirical world.

我们可与去探讨,二加一等于三的这个事实,但是我们不可能有一天真的碰到数字,在现实世界中碰到个叫"数字三"的东西

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We all do believe something makes it true that two plus one equals three, but it's not the fact that empirical objects-- We don't do empirical experiments to see whether two plus one equals three.

我们都相信有些东西,使2加1等于3是正确的,但这不是说现实的东西,我们不会在现实中做实验,去看看二加一是不是等于三

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