The official Olympic website said there was “a soft breeze” – so soft that a special wind machine was installed in the flagpoles to ensure the flags fluttered. The air was more like bird's nest soup.

奥运官方网站称，当时有“微风”(其实当时场内的空气更像燕窝汤)，风力如此之微弱，以至于旗杆内安装了特制的吹风装置，以确保旗子能够飘扬。

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Although these marbles are even stronger than the glass itself, they can become very hot and soft in a machine.

尽管这些大理石要比玻璃坚固的多，但是他们在机器里就会变得非常的热，非常的软。

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Tasklets are scheduled through the softirq mechanism, sometimes through ksoftirqd (a per-CPU kernel thread), when the machine is under heavy soft-interrupt load.

通过软中断机制来调度微线程，当机器处于严重软件中断负荷之下时， 可通过 ksoftirqd（一种每 CPU 内核线程）软中断来调度。

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The technique allows the machine to be made of soft materials so it can squeeze through tight spaces and mould its shape to rough terrain.

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