The new chip will be made from a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.

这种新的芯片将由大约邮票大小的一块硅片制成。

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To be totally secure, you need a piece of hardware that costs about $200.

为保证绝对安全，你需要一个花费约为两百美元的硬件。

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He got a large piece of cardboard, painted a sign begging for the bicycle to be returned, and tied the sign to the letterbox.

他拿了一大块硬纸板，画了一个乞求归还自行车的牌子，然后把牌子系在了信箱上。

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A pleasing piece of music could be heard, and a gentle wind was blowing through the window.

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And the second thing that we talked about is this idea that we want you to in fact learn how to relate a choice you make about a piece of code to what the efficiency is going to be.

关于这个方法第二件事,就是我们实际上希望,你在写代码的时候,能做出优化效率的选择,因为此。

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So, the active part of the thermometer could be water. It could be alcohol, mercury, it could be a piece of metal.

那么温度计的工作部分,可以是水可以是酒精，水银，可以是一块金属。

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That could be the work of artisans or it could be a piece of memorabilia, say an autograph.

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Even more immediately, if the restaurant shares service charges among all employees, a common practice strengthened by this ruling, all of the servers would be cut out of a piece of the pie because of this sort of behavior.

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And what may be a small piece out of a large company's reputation can be a gaping gouge in a small business.

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