If such a long-running process involves human tasks, then a user can work on the process for any time span and come back in hours, days, even months to restore the execution of the process.

如果此类长期运行的进程涉及了人类的任务，则用户可以在该进程中工作任意长的时间，并且可以在几小时、几天甚至几个月之后回来恢复进程的执行。

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But the ape's attention span was fairly short lived as she was soon enticed into giving the DS back in exchange for an apple.

但猩猩的注意力毕竟短暂，没多久她就受不了诱惑把游戏机拿去换了个苹果。

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One, from satellite recordings, stretched back to the 1950s, while visual observations from ships span the whole of the 20th century.

其中一组数据是卫星测量的记录，数据可追溯到20世纪50年代，而另外一组则是跨越整个20世纪的船上目测数据。

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Vintages span back to 1875!

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In the same time span, going back to June 2000, a Freddie-fuelled England have won 39 of 67 completed matches over the same stretch.

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If the name sounds vaguely familiar to Anglophiles, think back to Fairport contemporary Steeleye Span: Kemp is the 22-year-old daughter of two of that band's stalwart members, Maddy Prior and Rick Kemp.

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