Now, texts from Ancient Near Eastern cultures suggest that a central function of the rituals that were performed in sanctuaries was to secure the perpetual aid and blessing of a well-disposed deity.

古近东文化的课文中提出,在圣所里进行的仪式的一个主要功能,是保证能够向神灵获得永久地帮助和祝福。

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So that's why Yale is much more generous with financial aid than other universities and why we have beautiful -of course, this room was built,I believe, in the 30s.

这就是为什么耶鲁在助学金方面,比其他高校要慷慨的原因,也是为什么我们有美丽的...,当然,这间教室应该是建于30年代

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