It was a question of constructing an elaborate formal edifice to which everybody could contribute. Students got excited about it.

现在的精读已形成了一种精确而正式的体系,每个人都可以做出自己的贡献，学生当然会对此感兴趣。

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that's given to someone who did something exceedingly good for the country.

这是为国家做出伟大贡献的人而授予的一个称号。

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The hours are long, the pay is mediocre, nobody respects your contribution, yet you freely choose to work here.

工作时间长，薪水不高，没有人尊重你的贡献，但你还选择在这里工作。

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And we are going to look at each of them and their contributions in turn.

我们将依次看到他们每个人,及其所作出的贡献。

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The ones who would conserve energy, that is they were sedentary when possible, other then when they had to go get food would again not waste their calories but would save them and contribute to the gene pool.

那些保存能量的人,那些能躺不坐,能坐不站的人,除非必须再次寻找食物,否则是绝对不会浪费能量的人,也是对基因库有贡献的

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