During the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.

在先驱者来临的那些日子，湿米被拿出来烘干这条路。

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Although the process was unwieldy, those who worked on Ceefax during the pioneering days were conscious that they were taking part in an information revolution of some magnitude long before the world wide web arrived on the scene.

BBC: Ceefax: The early days