The group has already received funds to replace the corroded iron pipes that deliver potable water into their homes with plastic tubes.

这个组织已经接受了一笔资金，用于以塑料管道替换被腐蚀的铁质饮用水管道。

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He mounted a specialized wood burning stove in the bed and connected it to the engine through a series of intricately coiled pipes and tubes.

他在车身上安装了一个特殊的木材燃炉，用错综复杂的管线和引擎连接在一起。

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E-cigarettes, which were all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in las Vegas, are battery-operated plastic tubes made to look like cigarettes (or in some cases cigars and pipes).

电子烟在拉斯维加斯本年度的CES(消费电子品展)上大放光彩，这是一种电池驱动的塑料管，做成香烟的形状(也有雪茄或是烟斗状的)。

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Such terms gloss over the fact that, just like the pipes that carry water, the tubes that carry bits are reliant on old-fashioned, low-tech spadework, human contact and the geographical reality in which all that exists.

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