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butterfly effect The following sentence is one of 10 best quoted sentences from the book, Anne Green Gables(*). Would you select one, among (1)~(3), which has same meaning to the sentence? ALL things great are wound up with all things little. (1) All big things ends in small things.(**) (2) Small things cause big events. (3) Big and small thing are related.(***) I think the meaning of sentence (2) is almost same as the concept of "butterfly effect—small causes can have large effects." *http://www.earlybirdbooks.com/celebrate-l-m-montgomery-with-10-quotes-from-anne-of-green-gables/ **(one of Japanese translations) 大きな事件はなんにしろささいな事柄で終わるものである。 (http://ameblo.jp/stillthinking/theme16-10034106221.html) ***(one of Chinese translations) 所有的大事都和小事有着千丝万缕的联系。 (http://www.ppzuowen.com/book/lvshanqiangdeanni/10985.html)
Feb 18, 2017 10:21 AM
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butterfly effect

The following sentence is one of 10 best quoted sentences from the book, Anne Green Gables(*). Would you select one which has same meaning to the sentence among (1)~(3)?

ALL things great are wound up with all things little.

(1) All big things ends in small things.(**)
(2) Small things cause big events.
(3) Big and small thing are related.(***)

I think the meaning of sentence (2) is almost same as the concept of "butterfly effect—small causes can have large effects."

*http://www.earlybirdbooks.com/celebrate-l-m-montgomery-with-10-quotes-from-anne-of-green-gables/
**大きな事件はなんにしろささいな事柄で終わるものである。
(http://ameblo.jp/stillthinking/theme16-10034106221.html)
***所有的大事都和小事有着千丝万缕的联系。
(http://www.ppzuowen.com/book/lvshanqiangdeanni/10985.html)
February 18, 2017
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