在发明这些陶罐陶钵以前，人类只能将食物储存在地洞里或者树皮树藤编织的篮子里，这样很容易被老鼠之类小动物偷吃，同时也很受天气影响。 比如篮子吧，磨损得快，也容易受干受潮。

Before the discovery of the pot, people stored their food in holes in the ground or in baskets - both vulnerable to thieving creatures and, in the case of the baskets, to wear and to weather.

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比方说米诺陶（希腊神话中牛头人身的怪物，爱好吃小孩），他可是个很棒的听众，前提是你嗓门儿要够大，起码得比他反刍的呕吐声大。

Like the Minotaur. He's a great listener, providing you speak loud enough that he can hear you over his cud-chewing.

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病人的家长也得网瘾中心待几周，因为，根据陶的理论，孩子上网成瘾往往是“家教有误”的结果。

Parents of patients at the Internet-addiction center have to stay for several weeks of treatment too, since, according to Tao, Internet addiction is often a result of "parenting mistakes."

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