When I call or invoke a function, think of it as creating a local table.

当我调用一个函数时，想象一下它是在这里创建了一个局部表。

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When you think about an int or a float or a dictionary or a list, you knew that there were functions that operated on them.

当你想到整型，浮点型，或者链表时,你知道可以用函数去处理他们,但是当你传递一个参数，例如链表。

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One was in the 1600s when people started constructing life tables.

例如在十七世纪时,人们开始制作寿命表

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And this just is another list, I mainly wanted you to have it in your notes of diseases that are important around the world, for which there are very active programs to develop either vaccines or more effective vaccines.

这是另一个表,我希望你们做笔记时把它加到,世界上这些严重的传染疾病上,因为现在有一些项目致力于开发,针对这些疾病的疫苗或者改进式疫苗

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