Europe's main nuclear-research institute, which sits on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, poached Mr Van der Meer from Philips, a Dutch engineering giant, in 1956.

1956年，位于法瑞边境日内瓦附近的欧洲原子核研究所把范德梅尔先生从飞利浦挖了过来，飞利浦是荷兰一家巨型工程公司。

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The machine lies 100 metres below the countryside, straddling the Franco-Swiss border outside Geneva. This is where CERN, the European particle-physics laboratory, has its headquarters.

机器置于100米深的地下，跨越法国-瑞士边境止于日内瓦（欧洲粒子物理研究所的总部所在地）。

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A series of massive mountain ranges includes the Alps, which separate France and Italy, and the Jura Mountains that delineate the Franco-Swiss border.

连绵起伏的山脉包括阿尔卑斯山脉横亘于法国和意大利之间，形成了一道天然国界；而侏罗山脉则延绵构成了法国和瑞士难以逾越的国界。

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Such a Franco-Swiss dream ticket may be the government's best hope of avoiding another privatisation nightmare.

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The Franco-Swiss border runs through the CERN campus and building 31 is literally just a few feet into France.

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The LHC, which is based underground on the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, is the only other competitor in the race to find the Higgs.

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