So many times in life, especially in this high-tech society, it's hard to slow down and call a friend, or read a novel, or get a massage.

在生活中，尤其是在这样一个高科技的社会里，人们很难有时间慢下脚步来打电话给一位朋友诉衷肠，阅读一本小说，或者好好做个按摩。

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Still, it is hard not to hear in Roark's own theories of architecture echoes of Wright, especially his 1930–31 lectures at Princeton, which Rand had read.

不过，很难不把罗克的建筑理论和赖特联系起来，特别是兰德读过的他在1930～31年间在普林斯顿做过的演讲。

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Most of the code in Listing 2 is pretty easy to follow even if you aren't a die-hard Lisp developer — especially if you can learn to read inside-out.

即使您不是熟练的 Lisp 开发人员，也能轻松读懂 清单 2 中的大多数代码 — 您可以学着从内向外读。

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Data gleaned here helps the software engineers understand what, exactly, the satellite images are showing, especially when flooding makes certain fields hard to read from satellite images.

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Rarely are people easy to read, especially because stars often go out of their way to be modest, and divas work hard to insulate themselves from criticism.

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On the other hand, distilling a lifetime into a series of practical lessons has clearly pushed Mr Broad to do some hard thinking and self-analysis, which makes his book a useful read, especially for anyone engaging in entrepreneurship or philanthropy.

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