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You are given a sentence in Portuguese. Your job is to translate the Portuguese sentence into English.
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As experiencias individuais influenciam as nossas percecoes, bem como o facto de os "" media "" apresentarem as coisas excecionais, ao inves do que as normais.
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Individual experiences, certainly, can influence our perceptions, but so, too, can things like the media reporting things by exception, rather than what's normal.

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Comecemos com o Dr. Eric Betzig.
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Let's get started with Dr. Eric Betzig.

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Nos dias que se seguiram, comecei a aperceber-me de que este sossego nao era excecional.
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Over the next few days, I began to realize that this quietness was not exceptional.