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So when you go ahead and draw these on your problem-sets or on your exams, it's a good idea to put these dashed lines in, both for you and for people reading it to see exactly where your molecular orbitals are coming from.

所以当你在做课后题,或者考试的时候要画这些图时，最好把这些虚线放进去，既方便你自己也方便别人知道,这些分子轨道是从哪里来的。

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Something I'll also point out as you see these dashed line that tell you where the individual molecular orbitals are arising from, as you get to higher and higher atomic numbers of molecules that you're making, it makes a lot more sense to look at a diagram when you draw these dotted lines in, because they can start to get a little bit confusing.

我要指出的是，你们看这些虚线,它们告诉你,每个分子轨道的起源是什么，当你的原子数,越来越高的时候，画出这些点线,使图更容易理解，因为现在开始变得有一点混乱了。

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