Charles Lyell made a good estimate of the Tertiary Period from the fossil record, but his method could not be extended to earlier geological periods.

查尔斯·莱尔根据化石记录对第三纪作出了很好的估计，但他的方法不能扩展到更早的地质时期。

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Research from the us earlier this month found that simulated acupuncture using toothpicks which do not Pierce the skin could be as good as using real needles.

这月美国研究表明模拟针灸，也就是用不会刺破皮肤的牙签做针灸治疗同样能够达到真正的针灸治疗达到的效果。

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A difficult problem could be good for a designer, but a fickle client or unreliable materials would not be.

一个困难的问题对一个设计者来说是好的，但是一个多变的客户和不可靠的材料不是。

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"I don't know anybody could be such a hound dog not to want to say good-bye,"

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Whatever the details might be, we could describe lives and say, whether or not their life was good as a whole, what the future holds out for them is negative.

不管详细情况是什么，我们可以把他们的生活形容为，不管他们一生的生活是否美好，他们的未来都是不容乐观的。

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Their mobile phones could save them a trip. So,while it may not be good for plowing a field or harvesting vegetables, the mobile phone is becoming one of a farmer's most valuable tools.

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) was better than expected, but could still not be considered good by any means.

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If we could come up with a unique way of solving that problem, this could be good for not just McAfee, it could drive more chip sales.

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What Mr Lilley heard was that voters thought that a party that had a philosophical preference for the free market and a smaller state could not be relied on to provide good public services.

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