A 4-year-old may protest that a sister has more fruit juice when it is only the shape of the glasses that differ, not the amount of juice.
一个4岁的孩子可能会抗议说，姐姐或妹妹喝的果汁更多。但其实果汁的量一样，只是杯子的形状不同。
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But the amount of hearing loss might differ by as much as 30 dB between people who had the toughest ears and those with the most tender ones — a huge variation.
但是，人与人之间听力丧失的程度不同，那些耳朵比较强健的人与耳朵与较柔嫩的人相比，差异可达30分贝。
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Of course we each differ in the amount we believe in free will and this may well affect how much help we are prepared to offer others.