He brings with it important benefits and in the passage that I'm referring to, he defines himself as a gadfly, everyone will remember that, the gadfly who improves the quality of life in the city.

他强调能带来显著好处,在我将引用的段落中，他自称是只牛虻，众人都将铭记，是牛虻改善了,城邦的生活质量。

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The other thing about it is that you could make lots of things that are new but generally you think of engineers as making things that are not just new but they're useful, that they do something that needs to be done, and that they do something that improves life, the quality of life of people.

另一个区别是,科学家会做很多很多新鲜玩意儿,而一般来讲,工程师做的东西不只是新奇,它们还很有用,他们做那些需要做的东西,他们做的东西能够提高,人类的生活水平和生活质量

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