Some people believe that all material matter follows the rules of physics, and if you can figure out what physics is, a computer can follow the rules and therefore you can simulate life in a computer.

一些人相信所有实物都遵循物理法则，如果你能指出什么是物理，电脑就能遵循这些法则，就可以在电脑上模拟生命。

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Now a new industry standard promises to be able to identify pirated material with phenomenal accuracy in a matter of seconds.

现在一个新的产业标准承诺有能力在几秒钟内识别盗版材料并且准确性惊人。

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There are two types of matter in the universe: ordinary matter, including the material that makes up stars.

宇宙间存在两种物质： 普通物质，恒星也即由这些物质构成；

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The matter the substance the material basis of a regime concerns its citizen body.

本质，政体的物质基础,是其公民本体最关心的。

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Syuzhet is the plot, the way in which a story is constructed, and the fabula is the subject matter or material out of which the syuzhet is made.

syuzhet“是情节，也就是故事的来龙去脉，而“fabula“则是主题方面，也就是,故事和内容是怎样呈现的。

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Congress granted the 3 year bar against assessment of additional tax by IRS on the presumption that the return filed by the taxpayer was true and correct, as to every material matter, on the date the taxpayer signed and filed his return.

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What is clear from this analysis is that U.S.companies can no longer consider their associations with countries or entities tainted by terror a private, non-material, or irrelevant matter.

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